Bottomless Book Bag: Realistic Fiction or Historical Fiction.
As you are looking for best-of-the-best in Realistic Fiction genre, I recommend The Paperboy by Vince Vawter. This Newbery award winner could be considered Historical Fiction, depending on YOUR age. For me personally, it is realistic as I am reading about life in a small town in the 1950's. If you were morn after 1990, it will seem to be more historical. For nostalgia and vintage seekers, it is one of the most realistic, and accurate to the times, story I've read. Vawter frequently includes television, movies, and athletic heroes well known during those "HAPPY DAYS" of 1950 to 1960. More important is the story of an 11 year-old boy who stutters. During this time period, little could be done to help stutterers. Research in providing strategies to overcome traumatic speech problems was sadly lacking. As our hero approaches the trauma of adolescence, he is further stressed while trying to communicate through his stuttering disability. The story is more th