REALISTIC FICTION IS FICTION THAT ISN’T NECESSARILY BASED ON REALITY, HOWEVER, IT IS SO DETAILED, DESCRIPTIVE, AND LIFELIKE, THAT IT MAY SEEM TO BE. 11

THE CHARACTERS, PROBLEMS, CONFLICTS AND IMAGES IN THE BOOK SEEM SO REAL THAT IT’S ALMOST AS IF YOU CAN IMAGINE THE STORY TAKING PLACE AT SOME POINT IN YOUR LIFE.

FOR EXAMPLE . . . BUT, HOPEFULLY NOT . . .

“IT COULD BE THE MOST IMPORTANT ENVIRONMENTAL BOOK EVER.”“IT IS A THOUGHT EXPERIMENT THAT IMAGINES A WORLD WITHOUT A BIOSPHERE, AND SHOWS THAT EVERYTHING WE VALUE DEPENDS ON THE ECOSYSTEM.”

GEORGE MONBIOT,BRITISH ENVIRONMENTALIST

ACTUAL NUCLEAR EXPLOSION, NAGASAKI, 1945

ACTUAL NUCLEAR FALLOUT, HIROSHIMA, 1945

ADDITIONAL REALISTIC FICTION TITLES WORTH EXPLORING:

MERCY AMONG THE CHILDRENBY DAVID ADAMS RICHARDS

A COMPLICATED KINDNESS BY MIRIAM TOEWS

THE BISHOP’S MAN BY LINDEN MACINTYRE

THROUGH BLACK SPRUCE BY JOSEPH BOYDEN

THE ANTAGONISTBY LYNN COADY