8 Top realistic fiction books like Why Can't I Be You by Melissa C. Walker

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Why Can't I Be You

By: Melissa C. Walker

4.06

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

An honest and utterly charming middle grade story that explores how social class affects friendship…

If you liked the realistic fiction plot in Why Can't I Be You by Melissa C. Walker , here is a list of 8 books like this:

Cover of The Kind of Friends We Used To Be by Frances O'Roark Dowell

1. The Kind of Friends We Used To Be

By: Frances O'Roark Dowell

3.33

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Kate and Marylin are best friends forever.... Well, except for last year when they weren't friends … read more

Similar categories in Frances O'Roark Dowell's The Kind of Friends We Used To Be book and Melissa C. Walker's Why Can't I Be You

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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2. Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret

By: Judy Blume

4.05

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

Margaret Simon, almost twelve, likes long hair, tuna fish, the smell of rain, and things that are p… read more

Similar categories in Judy Blume's Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret book and Melissa C. Walker's Why Can't I Be You

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction

3. Save Me a Seat

By: Sarah Weeks , Gita Varadarajan

4.36

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Joe and Ravi might be from very different places, but they're both stuck in the same place: SCHOOL.… read more

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4. Sisters (Smile #2)

By: Raina Telgemeier

4.32

Format: 199 pages, Paperback

Three weeks. Two sisters. One car. A True Story Raina can’t wait to be a big sister. But once Am… read more

Similar categories in Raina Telgemeier's Sisters (Smile #2) book and Melissa C. Walker's Why Can't I Be You

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction

5. What Every Girl (Except Me) Knows

By: Nora Raleigh Baskin

3.00

Format: 9 pages, Paperback

Twelve-year-old Gabby Weiss is in the market for a stepmother. If only her father would cooperate, … read more

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6. Swim Team

By: Johnnie Christmas

4.28

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

Bree can't wait for her first day at her new middle school, Enith Brigitha, home to the Mighty Mana… read more

Similar categories in Johnnie Christmas's Swim Team book and Melissa C. Walker's Why Can't I Be You

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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7. Tweet Cute

By: Emma Lord

3.89

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Meet Pepper, swim team captain, chronic overachiever, and all-around perfectionist. Her family may … read more

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  • realistic fiction
  • fiction
"Are you a witch?"

-Emma Lord, Tweet Cute

"XOXO gossip wolf"

-Emma Lord, Tweet Cute

"I won't think any less of you if you break it"

-Emma Lord, Tweet Cute

"You know, for someone named Pepper, you're pretty salty about losing."

-Emma Lord, Tweet Cute

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8. Front Desk (Front Desk, #1)

By: Kelly Yang

4.38

Format: 298 pages, Hardcover

Mia Tang has a lot of secrets. Number 1: She lives in a motel, not a big house. Every day, while… read more

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  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"It's going to be okay. I'll make friends, and if I don't, I'll borrow books from the library."

-Kelly Yang, Front Desk (Front Desk, #1)

"It was hard not to stare at Jason's mom, specifically the humongous diamond on her hand. I thought I might go blind."

-Kelly Yang, Front Desk (Front Desk, #1)

"It was hard not to stare at Jjason's mom, specifically the humongous diamond on her hand. I thought I might go blind."

-Kelly Yang, Front Desk (Front Desk, #1)

"At this point, my mom started crying. She let out a sob so thunderous, I wondered if my cousins in China could hear her."

-Kelly Yang, Front Desk (Front Desk, #1)

Cover of Stellarlune (Keeper of the Lost Cities, #9) by Shannon Messenger

9. Stellarlune (Keeper of the Lost Cities, #9)

By: Shannon Messenger

4.45

Format: 800 pages, Kindle Edition

In this stunning ninth book in the New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling Keeper of the Lost Citi… read more

Similar categories in Shannon Messenger's Stellarlune (Keeper of the Lost Cities, #9) book and Melissa C. Walker's Why Can't I Be You

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"Won't you need my help with the cache?' Fitz asked her. It felt very good to tell him, 'I don't see why.' Ro snickered."

-Shannon Messenger, Stellarlune (Keeper of the Lost Cities, #9)

"I'll still check the house when I get home and let you know if I see your boy. If he's there, I'll hide him in my room and feed him some Rice Krispies or something."

-Shannon Messenger, Stellarlune (Keeper of the Lost Cities, #9)

"Keefe closed the distance between them. And then... everything was new. The soft press of his lips against hers. The way their breath seemed to fall perfectly into sync as her heart and brain screame…"

-Shannon Messenger, Stellarlune (Keeper of the Lost Cities, #9)

"Keefe?' Amy repeated, her lips curling into a grin. 'He's the supercute blonde guy you picked up cookies for, right? The one who keeps staring at you all intense when I met him, like you were the onl…"

-Shannon Messenger, Stellarlune (Keeper of the Lost Cities, #9)

Cover of The Girl in the Lake by India Hill Brown

10. The Girl in the Lake

By: India Hill Brown

3.79

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Small Spaces, Doll Bones, and Mary Downing Hahn, a truly chilling (and historically ins… read more

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  • middle grade
  • fiction
Cover of Why Can't I Be You by Melissa C. Walker

11. Why Can't I Be You

By: Melissa C. Walker

4.06

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

An honest and utterly charming middle grade story that explores how social class affects friendship… read more

Similar categories in Melissa C. Walker's Why Can't I Be You book and Melissa C. Walker's Why Can't I Be You

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction

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3.57

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4.15

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