Contemporary realistic fiction is literature that is set in the present time or recent past that deals with events that could happen but did not actually happen.
Contemporary realistic fiction can be used to in the classroom to help discuss issues like tolerance and family, and sexuality. For example one could use Snow in Jerusalem Written by Deborah Costa Illustrated by Cornelius Van Wright and Ying-Hwa Hu to help teach tolerance. It is a story about a Jewish boy and a Muslim boy who both unknowingly take care and love the same white stray cat. Once they both realize this they are originally confused how the cat could love both a Jewish boy and a Muslim boy and begin to fight over the cat. They realize that their love for the cat is more important and become friends in the end. It can teach students that although we are different we can have things in common and should accept each other and not hate each other because of those differences.
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