Realistic+Fiction

=Suggested Reading=

If you liked //Forged by Fire// and //Stuck in Neutral// try these books….
//Remember! If you like a book by one author – try his or her other books.//

//Tears of a Tiger// by Sharon Draper The death of high school basketball star Rob Washington in an automobile accident affects the lives of his close friend Andy, who was driving the car, and many others in the school.

//Romiette and Julio// by Sharon Draper Romiette, an African-American girl, and Julio, a Hispanic boy, discover that they attend the same high school after falling in love on the Internet, but are harrassed by a gang whose members object to their interracial dating.

//Cruise Control// by Terry Trueman A talented basketball player struggles to deal with the helplessness and anger that come with having a brother rendered completely dysfunctional by severe cerebral palsy and a father who deserted the family.

//The Moves Make the Man// by Bruce Brooks A black boy and an emotionally troubled white boy in North Carolina form a precarious friendship.

//Durango Street// by Frank Bonham Realistic social study of life in a housing project, where you must join a gang to survive.

//What Hearts// by Bruce Brooks After his mother divorces his father and remarries, Asa's sharp intellect and capacity for forgiveness help him deal with the instabilities of his new world.

//Tyrell// by Coe Booth Fifteen-year-old Tyrell, who is living in a Bronx homeless shelter with his spaced-out mother and his younger brother, tries to avoid temptation so he does not end up in jail like his father.

//Hero Aint Nothin’ but a Sandwich// by Alice Childress The life of a thirteen-year-old Harlem black boy on his way to becoming a confirmed heroin addict is seen from his viewpoint and from that of several people around him.

//The Steps// by Rachel Cohn Over Christmas vacation, Annabel goes from her home in Manhattan to visit her father, his new wife, and her half- and step-siblings in Sydney, Australia.

//Abadazad: the road to inconceivable// by J.M. DeMatteis Katie and her little brother Matt have love reading about Abadazad. Then, Matt mysteriously disappears and Katie and her mother must go on without him. When, five years later, Katie discovers that Matt is alive and in Abadazad, she must go there to try to find him and bring him back. //Abadazad: The dream thief// by J.M. DeMatteis

Books by Sharon G. Flake

//The Disappearance// by Rosa Guy The disappearance of the seven-year-old daughter of a Brooklyn amily casts suspicion on Imamu Jones, a juvenile offender from Harlem who has recently come to live with them.

//The First Part Last// by Angela Johnson Bobby's carefree teenage life changes forever when he becomes a father and must care for his adored baby daughter.

//Babylon// //Boyz// by Jess Mowry Inner-city teenagers find a suitcase full of cocaine and must decide whether to sell it and take the opportunities the money would provide or to destroy it to keep the drug from poisoning their community.

Books by Walter Dean Myers

//Alison Who Went Away// by Vivian Vande Velde Three years after the disappearance of her older sister, fourteen-year-old Sibyl and her family struggle to continue their lives, separately and together.

//Emako Blue// by Brenda Woods Monterey, Savannah, Jamal, and Eddie have never had much to do with each other until Emako Blue shows up at chorus practice, but just as the lives of the five Los Angeles high school students become intertwined, tragedy tears them apart.

//If You Come Softly// by Jacqueline Woodson After meeting at their private school in New York, fifteen-year-old Jeremiah, who is black and whose parents are separated, and Ellie, who is white and whose mother has twice abandoned her, fall in love and then try to cope with people's reactions.

//Miracle’s Boy// by Jacqueline Woodson Twelve-year-old Lafayette's close relationship with his older brother Charlie changes after Charlie is released from a detention home and blames Lafayette for the death of their mother.