18 must-read realistic fiction books like Unsettled by Reem Faruqi

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Unsettled

By: Reem Faruqi

4.20

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A stirring, hopeful immigration story of Nurah and her family, who move from Karachi, Pakistan, to …

If you liked the realistic fiction plot in Unsettled by Reem Faruqi , here is a list of 18 books like this:

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1. Something Like Home

By: Andrea Beatriz Arango

4.31

Format: 256 pages, Library Binding

A novel in verse in which a lost dog helps a lonely girl find a way home to her family . . . only f… read more

Similar categories in Andrea Beatriz Arango's Something Like Home book and Reem Faruqi's Unsettled

  • poetry
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • family
  • audiobook
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2. Mascot

By: Charles Waters

4.02

Format: 255 pages, Kindle Edition

What if a school's mascot is seen as racist, but not by everyone? In this compelling middle-grade n… read more

Similar categories in Charles Waters's Mascot book and Reem Faruqi's Unsettled

  • poetry
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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3. Everywhere Blue

By: Joanne Rossmassler Fritz

4.08

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A brother's disappearance turns one family upside down, revealing painful secrets that threaten the… read more

Similar categories in Joanne Rossmassler Fritz's Everywhere Blue book and Reem Faruqi's Unsettled

  • poetry
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
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4. Good Different

By: Meg Eden Kuyatt

4.52

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A extraordinary novel-in-verse about a neurodivergent girl who comes to understand and celebrate he… read more

Similar categories in Meg Eden Kuyatt's Good Different book and Reem Faruqi's Unsettled

  • poetry
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
"Fight for words, even if it's hard."

-Meg Eden Kuyatt, Good Different

"You may have different needs than some folks in your class, but that doesn't make you the ­«wrong» version and other people the «normal» version. You are Selah. And you are not the only one feeling t…"

-Meg Eden Kuyatt, Good Different

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5. Red, White, and Whole

By: Rajani LaRocca

4.43

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

An #ownvoices novel in verse about an Indian American girl whose life is turned upside down when he… read more

Similar categories in Rajani LaRocca's Red, White, and Whole book and Reem Faruqi's Unsettled

  • poetry
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • audiobook
"What does the sky do when the moon is gone forever?"

-Rajani LaRocca, Red, White, and Whole

"We say goodbye to Amma. I am empty. I’ve been watching and saying goodbye for months."

-Rajani LaRocca, Red, White, and Whole

"« We say goodbye to Amma. I am empty. I’ve been watching and saying goodbye for months. »"

-Rajani LaRocca, Red, White, and Whole

"Her face is as bright as a full moon, always gentle, always changing, but predictable. Like our moon, she only shows us one face. The strong one."

-Rajani LaRocca, Red, White, and Whole

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6. Saving Sunshine

By: Saadia Faruqi

4.06

Format: 224 pages, ebook

It's hard enough being a kid without being teased for a funny sounding name or wearing a hijab. … read more

Similar categories in Saadia Faruqi's Saving Sunshine book and Reem Faruqi's Unsettled

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
Cover of Unsettled by Reem Faruqi

7. Unsettled

By: Reem Faruqi

4.20

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A stirring, hopeful immigration story of Nurah and her family, who move from Karachi, Pakistan, to … read more

Similar categories in Reem Faruqi's Unsettled book and Reem Faruqi's Unsettled

  • poetry
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • pakistan
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook
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8. And Then, Boom!

By: Lisa Fipps

4.69

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A gripping new novel-in-verse by the author of the Printz Honor-winning Starfish , featuring a pove… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Fipps's And Then, Boom! book and Reem Faruqi's Unsettled

  • poetry
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook
"Friendship is being there to notice someone's about to fall, to try to keep them from falling, to catch them when they fall or to cushion the blow when they do, to feel what they're feeling, and to u…"

-Lisa Fipps, And Then, Boom!

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9. In the Beautiful Country

By: Jane Kuo

4.24

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A novel in verse about a young Taiwanese immigrant to America who is confronted by the stark differ… read more

Similar categories in Jane Kuo's In the Beautiful Country book and Reem Faruqi's Unsettled

  • poetry
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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10. Mirror to Mirror

By: Rajani LaRocca

4.15

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In Rajani LaRocca’s breathtaking follow-up to the Newbery Honor– and Walter Award–winning Red, Whit… read more

Similar categories in Rajani LaRocca's Mirror to Mirror book and Reem Faruqi's Unsettled

  • poetry
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
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11. Finally Seen (Finally Seen #1)

By: Kelly Yang

4.46

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of Front Desk comes a “involving, realistic” ( Booklist … read more

Similar categories in Kelly Yang's Finally Seen (Finally Seen #1) book and Reem Faruqi's Unsettled

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook
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12. Iveliz Explains It All

By: Andrea Beatriz Arango

4.19

Format: 272 pages, Library Binding

How do you speak up when it feels like no one is listening? One girl takes on seventh grade while f… read more

Similar categories in Andrea Beatriz Arango's Iveliz Explains It All book and Reem Faruqi's Unsettled

  • poetry
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook
"and it's important to stop, be kind to ourselves, and ask for help- ask for love."

-Andrea Beatriz Arango, Iveliz Explains It All

"But you have to be somewhere I can find. You understand? Somewhere I can find. I nod, because I know what he is saying and what he is not saying. He can't find me if I'm not here. (p. 113 of the hard…"

-Andrea Beatriz Arango, Iveliz Explains It All

"I am not okay, and sometimes I wish people wouldn't believe me when I say I am. I wish they would ask, just one more time, and I wish they wouldn't tiptoe around me like I'm a poem, so I could show t…"

-Andrea Beatriz Arango, Iveliz Explains It All

Cover of Yusuf Azeem Is Not a Hero by Saadia Faruqi

13. Yusuf Azeem Is Not a Hero

By: Saadia Faruqi

4.19

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Yusuf Azeem has spent all his life in the small town of Frey, Texas—and nearly that long waiting fo… read more

Similar categories in Saadia Faruqi's Yusuf Azeem Is Not a Hero book and Reem Faruqi's Unsettled

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
Cover of Stowaway (The Icarus Chronicles, #1) by John David  Anderson

14. Stowaway (The Icarus Chronicles, #1)

By: John David Anderson

3.93

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The first book in a coming-of-age sci-fi duology about Leo, a kid trying to navigate the galaxy in … read more

Similar categories in John David Anderson's Stowaway (The Icarus Chronicles, #1) book and Reem Faruqi's Unsettled

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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15. Air

By: Monica Roe

4.24

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

An action-packed, empowering middle grade novel about a girl who has to speak up when her wheelchai… read more

Similar categories in Monica Roe's Air book and Reem Faruqi's Unsettled

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook
Cover of Lupe Wong Won't Dance by Donna Barba Higuera

16. Lupe Wong Won't Dance

By: Donna Barba Higuera

3.94

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Lupe Wong is going to be the first female pitcher in the Major Leagues. She's also championed cause… read more

Similar categories in Donna Barba Higuera's Lupe Wong Won't Dance book and Reem Faruqi's Unsettled

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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17. The Year I Flew Away

By: Marie Arnold

3.81

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

In this magical middle-grade novel, ten-year-old Gabrielle finds out that America isn’t the perfect… read more

Similar categories in Marie Arnold's The Year I Flew Away book and Reem Faruqi's Unsettled

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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18. Liars' Room

By: Dan Poblocki

3.60

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

This spooky stand-alone from MG horror expert Dan Poblocki is perfect for fans of Katherine Arden a… read more

Similar categories in Dan Poblocki's Liars' Room book and Reem Faruqi's Unsettled

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
Cover of Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero by Kelly J. Baptist

19. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero

By: Kelly J. Baptist

4.33

Format: 208 pages, ebook

A coming-of-age tale about a boy who discovers a love of poetry after finding his late father's jou… read more

Similar categories in Kelly J. Baptist's Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero book and Reem Faruqi's Unsettled

  • poetry
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook
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20. Shark Summer

By: Ira Marcks

3.76

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

When a Hollywood film crew arrives on Martha's Vineyard with a mechanical shark and a youth film co… read more

Similar categories in Ira Marcks's Shark Summer book and Reem Faruqi's Unsettled

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
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21. Candidly Cline

By: Kathryn Ormsbee

4.24

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A must-read for fans of Julie Murphy and Ashley Herring Blake, this queer coming-of-age story from … read more

Similar categories in Kathryn Ormsbee's Candidly Cline book and Reem Faruqi's Unsettled

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

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Transform Your Habits

Something Like Home

Andrea Beatriz Arango

4.31

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Mascot

Charles Waters

4.02

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Everywhere Blue

Joanne Rossmassler Fritz

4.08

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Good Different

Meg Eden Kuyatt

4.52

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Ellen Outside the Lines

A.J. Sass

4.37

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Something Like Home

Andrea Beatriz Arango

4.31

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Timid

Jonathan Todd

3.57

Transform Your Habits

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Shawn Peters

4.03

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