Once again this week, I’m giving a list of tried-and-true favorites plucked from the vast array of choices available from Hoopla Digital.  This week, I thought I’d focus on realistic fiction, since (as counter-intuitive as it feels to me personally), not every kid wants to read fantasy all the time. (Some of these might qualify as mysteries, but they are all definitely no magic or spaceships books.) These are books that I have previously read in print or listened to on audio, which I found by a mix of wading through about 600 titles on Hoopla and searching for titles pulled from my reading logs. Let me know if you’ve read any of these or have any titles that you’d add to this list.  

Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo (ebook on both, audiobook on Libby)

The Benefits of Being an Octopus by Ann Braden (ebook and audiobook on both)

Mystery on Museum Mile by Marcia Wells (ebook on both, bonus borrow on Hoopla)

One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia (ebook on Hoopla and Libby; audiobook on Libby)

The Parker Inheritance by Varian Johnson (audiobook on Hoopla, both on Libby)

Stef Soto, Taco Queen by Jennifer Torres (audiobook on Hoopla, both on Libby)

So Done by Paula Chase (audiobook on Hoopla, both on Libby)

Year of the Book by Andrea Cheng, illustrated by Abigail Halpin (ebook on both)