More Realistic Fiction

My streak of realistic fiction continues with a few more recommendations...

Peace, Love, and Baby Ducks by Lauren Myracle
Carly comes back from a summer of volunteering with a changed attitude that clashes with her life of privilege and causes problems between her and younger sister Anna.

Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen
Auden, an insomniac, needs a change and decides to spend the summer with her father, step-mother, and their new baby. While walking the baby late one night she meets, Eli, a fellow insomniac, who helps Auden deal with her parents divorce and her father's new family.


North of Beautiful by Justina Chen Headley
A trip to China and a boy named David help Terra, a gifted artist, change her perspective about the port-wine birthmark on her face.