No empire-line dresses, no three-headed aliens, no smug vampires, no goblins, and no talking rabbits. Real characters making tough decisions about life right now.
	Cloud busting by Malorie Blackman (2004)
	Blubber by Judy Blume (1974)
	Starring Sally J. Freedman as herself by Judy Blume (1977)
	The midnight fox by Betsy Byars (1968)
	One perfect pirouette by Sherryl Clark (2010)
	Ruby Holler by Sharon Creech (2002)
	Matilda by Roald Dahl (1988)
	Star-crossed by Barbara Dee (2017)
	Out of my mind by Sharon M. Draper (2010)
	Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine (2010)
	Matty forever by Elizabeth Fensham (2009) First book in the Matty and Bill series
	Joey Pigza swallowed the key by Jack Gantos (1998) First book in the Joey Pigza series
	The remarkable journey of Coyote Sunrise by Dan Gemeinhart (2019)
	Pictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Reilly Giff (2002)
	Ban this book by Alan Gratz (2017)
	Refugee  by Alan Gratz (2017)
	Ugly by Robert Hoge (2015)
	My life as an alphabet by Barry Jonsberg (2013)
	The miscalculations of lightning girl by Stacy McAnulty (2018)
	Judy Moody by Megan McDonald (2000) First book in the Judy Moody  series
	Lexiland by Suzi Moore (2013)
	Journey to Jo'burg by Beverley Naidoo (1985) First book in the Journey to Jo'burg series
	Two weeks in grade six by Anna & Mary K. Pershall (2003) First book in the Two weeks in grade six series
	The boy at the back of the class by Onjali Q. Rauf (2018)
	The mum hunt by Gwyneth Rees (2003) First book in the Mum series
	Sunny side up by Marion Roberts (2008) First book in the Sunny series
	Dogs don't tell jokes by Louis Sachar (1991)
	Dream on, Amber by Emma Shevah (2014)
	Counting by 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan (2013)
	The bad beginning by Lemony Snicket (1999) First book in the A series of unfortunate events series
	Roll with it by Jamie Sumner (2019)
	Mr Stink by David Walliams (2009)
	Other words for home by Jasmine Warga (2019)
	Cookie by Jacqueline Wilson (2008)
	Double act by Jacqueline Wilson (1995)
	Sleep-overs by Jacqueline Wilson (2001)
	The Lottie project by Jacqueline Wilson (1997)
	The story of Tracy Beaker by Jacqueline Wilson (1991) First book in the Tracy Beaker series
	Being Miss Nobody by Tamsin Winter (2017)
	The friendship matchmaker by Randa Abdel-Fattah (2011) First book in The friendship matchmaker series
	The eighteenth emergency by Betsy Byars (1973)
	Moving day by Meg Cabot (2008) First book in the Allie Finkle's rules for girls series
	A stone in my hand by Cathryn Clinton (2002)
	The lemonade war by Jacqueline Davies (2007) First book in The lemonade war series
	The tiger rising by Kate DiCamillo (2001)
	George by Alex Gino (2015)
	Misery guts by Morris Gleitzman (1991) First book in the Misery guts series
	When friendship followed me home by Paul Griffin (2016)
	Don't pat the wombat by Elizabeth Honey (1996)
	Instant sisters by Rose Impey (1989)
	Small as an elephant by Jennifer Richard Jacobson (2011)
	The turbulent term of Tyke Tiler by Gene Kemp (1977) First book in the Cricklepit School series
	Onion tears by Diana Kidd (1989)
	The year we fell from space by Amy Sarig King (2019)
	Inside out and back again by Thanhha Lai (2011)
	Rules by Cynthia Lord (2006)
	The higher power of lucky by Susan Patron (2006) First book in the Lucky series
	Here in the real world by Sara Pennypacker (2020)
	Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick (2011)
	Liar and spy by Rebecca Stead (2012)
	Dandelion clocks by Rebecca Westcott (2014)