15 Top realistic fiction books like Lost in the Sun by Lisa Graff

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Lost in the Sun

By: Lisa Graff

4.21

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

Everyone says that middle school is awful, but Trent knows nothing could be worse than the year he …

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Cover of The Girl Who Could Fly (Piper McCloud, #1) by Victoria Forester

1. The Girl Who Could Fly (Piper McCloud, #1)

By: Victoria Forester

4.10

Format: 328 pages, Hardcover

You can’t keep a good girl down...unless you use the proper methods. Piper McCloud can fly. Just… read more

Similar categories in Victoria Forester's The Girl Who Could Fly (Piper McCloud, #1) book and Lisa Graff's Lost in the Sun

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
"No era la mejor decisión y sin duda tampoco una decisión lógica, pero era la decisión correcta."

-Victoria Forester, The Girl Who Could Fly (Piper McCloud, #1)

"Yo creo que tener sueños y planes no es malo. Porque, si no los tienes, nunca llegarás a ninguna parte."

-Victoria Forester, The Girl Who Could Fly (Piper McCloud, #1)

"El talento por sí solo puede facilitarte una parte del camino, pero el resto únicamente se consigue a fuerza de práctica, perseverancia y sudor."

-Victoria Forester, The Girl Who Could Fly (Piper McCloud, #1)

"Dang! Look at that RAINBOW!" Piper shouted, accidently spewing bits of apple pie from her overstuffed mouth. All quickly turned and saw... ...exactly what Piper claimed, a rainbow ."

-Victoria Forester, The Girl Who Could Fly (Piper McCloud, #1)

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2. Fuzzy Mud

By: Louis Sachar

3.89

Format: 192 pages, Kindle Edition

"Be careful. Your next step may be your last." Fifth grader Tamaya Dhilwaddi and seventh grader … read more

Similar categories in Louis Sachar's Fuzzy Mud book and Lisa Graff's Lost in the Sun

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
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3. House Arrest

By: K.A. Holt

3.81

Format: 4 pages, Hardcover

Stealing is bad. Yeah. I know. But my brother Levi is always so sick, and his medicine is always so… read more

Similar categories in K.A. Holt's House Arrest book and Lisa Graff's Lost in the Sun

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
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4. Olive's Ocean

By: Kevin Henkes

4.26

Format: None pages, Paperback

Sometimes life can change in an instant Martha Boyle and Olive Barstow could have been friends, but… read more

Similar categories in Kevin Henkes's Olive's Ocean book and Lisa Graff's Lost in the Sun

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
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5. You Go First

By: Erin Entrada Kelly

3.78

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Funny and poignant, acclaimed author Erin Entrada Kelly's You Go Firstis an engaging exploration of… read more

Similar categories in Erin Entrada Kelly's You Go First book and Lisa Graff's Lost in the Sun

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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6. Lost in the Sun

By: Lisa Graff

4.21

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

Everyone says that middle school is awful, but Trent knows nothing could be worse than the year he … read more

Similar categories in Lisa Graff's Lost in the Sun book and Lisa Graff's Lost in the Sun

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • sports

7. Restart

By: Gordon Korman

2.50

Format: 260 pages, Hardcover

Chase's memory just went out the window. Chase doesn't remember falling off the roof. He doesn't re… read more

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8. Hello, Universe

By: Erin Entrada Kelly

3.49

Format: 465 pages, Hardcover

In one day, four lives weave together in unexpected ways. Virgil Salinas is shy and kindhearted and… read more

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9. Chasing Vermeer (Chasing Vermeer, #1)

By: Brett Helquist , Blue Balliett

4.00

Format: 191 pages, Hardcover

When a book of unexplainable occurrences brings Petra Andalee and Calder Pillay together, strange t… read more

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10. The Honest Truth

By: Dan Gemeinhart

5.00

Format: 298 pages, Hardcover

In all the ways that matter, Mark is a normal kid. He's got a dog named Beau and a best friend, Jes… read more

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11. One for the Murphys

By: Lynda Mullaly Hunt

3.35

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Twelve-year-old Carley Connors can take a lot. Growing up in Las Vegas with her fun-loving mother, … read more

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12. Linked

By: Gordon Korman

4.18

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Link, Michael, and Dana live in a quiet town. But it's woken up very quickly when someone sneaks in… read more

Similar categories in Gordon Korman's Linked book and Lisa Graff's Lost in the Sun

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"A paper chain can be done when it hits a certain number of links. But tolerance is a project you always have to keep working at."

-Gordon Korman, Linked

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13. The Superteacher Project

By: Gordon Korman

4.25

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From Gordon Korman, the bestselling author of Restart and The Unteachables, comes a hilarious new s… read more

Similar categories in Gordon Korman's The Superteacher Project book and Lisa Graff's Lost in the Sun

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
"I understand," he announces finally. "It's because I'm‒different." Paul is amazed. "You learned that from the internet?" "Not directly Mr. Aidact explains. "But I accessed a database of books and mov…"

-Gordon Korman, The Superteacher Project

"Your jokes aren't even funny. What is this thing, anyway?' 'That's the beauty of it!' Oliver crows. 'It's nothing‒just some piece of junk from he supply closet. But you're freaking out because it cou…"

-Gordon Korman, The Superteacher Project

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14. The Fort

By: Gordon Korman

4.31

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of RESTART, the story of a middle-school "band of brothers" -- five fri… read more

Similar categories in Gordon Korman's The Fort book and Lisa Graff's Lost in the Sun

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
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15. Millionaires for the Month

By: Stacy McAnulty

4.09

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

"After seventh graders Benji and Felix "borrow" $20 from a lost wallet, the billionaire owner chall… read more

Similar categories in Stacy McAnulty's Millionaires for the Month book and Lisa Graff's Lost in the Sun

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
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16. Dust

By: Dusti Bowling

4.23

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A girl who struggles to breathe befriends a boy who seems shrouded in dust. After Avalyn nearly die… read more

Similar categories in Dusti Bowling's Dust book and Lisa Graff's Lost in the Sun

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
Cover of Operation Do-Over by Gordon Korman

17. Operation Do-Over

By: Gordon Korman

4.26

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Unteachables, Gordon Korman, comes a hilarious ne… read more

Similar categories in Gordon Korman's Operation Do-Over book and Lisa Graff's Lost in the Sun

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
Cover of Shouting at the Rain by Lynda Mullaly Hunt

18. Shouting at the Rain

By: Lynda Mullaly Hunt

4.14

Format: 6 pages, Audio CD

Delsie loves tracking the weather--lately, though, it seems the squalls are in her own life. She's … read more

Similar categories in Lynda Mullaly Hunt's Shouting at the Rain book and Lisa Graff's Lost in the Sun

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
"So."

-Lynda Mullaly Hunt, Shouting at the Rain

"the sun is always in the sky but sometimes you just can't see it"

-Lynda Mullaly Hunt, Shouting at the Rain

"I'm lucky. When the waves are rolling in, my friends are the jetties."

-Lynda Mullaly Hunt, Shouting at the Rain

"He was the one who told me a man is not made by his mistakes. He's made by what he does about them."

-Lynda Mullaly Hunt, Shouting at the Rain

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19. Tune It Out

By: Jamie Sumner

4.31

Format: 275 pages, Hardcover

A 2020 BookExpo Book Buzz Pick From the author of the acclaimed Roll with It comes a moving nove… read more

Similar categories in Jamie Sumner's Tune It Out book and Lisa Graff's Lost in the Sun

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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20. Unstuck

By: Barbara Dee

4.07

Format: 286 pages, Kindle Edition

From critically acclaimed author Barbara Dee comes a middle grade novel about a girl whose struggle… read more

Similar categories in Barbara Dee's Unstuck book and Lisa Graff's Lost in the Sun

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Remember, you don't write to win a trophy. You write because you love to, and because there's a story you want to tell. That's the prize you give yourself, and it's the only one that matters."

-Barbara Dee, Unstuck

"I thought your writing was going better lately. So why are you forcing yourself to write something different? I mean besides your story, which is what you really want to write. What you need to write…"

-Barbara Dee, Unstuck

"I guess if you're a superstar like Dahlia, people expect you to win every contest, get perfect grades, go to a fancy college, even if that's not who you really are. Maybe if you're Journey, people ex…"

-Barbara Dee, Unstuck

Cover of Amina's Song (Amina's Voice) by Hena Khan

21. Amina's Song (Amina's Voice)

By: Hena Khan

4.21

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

In the companion novel to Amina’s Voice, Amina once again uses her voice to bridge the places, peop… read more

Similar categories in Hena Khan's Amina's Song (Amina's Voice) book and Lisa Graff's Lost in the Sun

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family

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