Check out these books about modern day kids, dealing with school, life, and everything that comes with being a kid.
Raúf, Onjali Q.
The boy at the back of the class
Stone, Tamara Ireland.
Swap'd
Choldenko, Gennifer
One-third nerd
Gino, Alex.
George
Abbott, Tony
The summer of Owen Todd
Paterson, Katherine.
My brigadista year
Ellis, Deborah
The breadwinner
Dowell, Frances O'Roark.
The secret language of girls
Spinelli, Jerry.
Eggs
Stead, Rebecca.
Liar & spy
Ellis, Deborah
Bifocal
Palacio, R. J.
Wonder
Hunt, Lynda Mullaly.
Fish in a tree