Middle Grade Books with Protagonists of Color

1.
Cece Rios and the Desert of Souls (Cece Rios #1)
Cece Rios and the Desert of Souls (Cece Rios #1) 4.33 avg rating β€” 1,609 ratings
2.
The Button Box
The Button Box 4.24 avg rating β€” 118 ratings
3.
Race to the Sun
Race to the Sun 4.03 avg rating β€” 5,955 ratings
4.
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
by: Grace Lin
4.32 avg rating β€” 53,142 ratings
5.
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Logans, #4)
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Logans, #4) 3.90 avg rating β€” 128,898 ratings
6.
Esperanza Rising
Esperanza Rising 4.04 avg rating β€” 111,375 ratings
7.
Brown Girl Dreaming
Brown Girl Dreaming 4.15 avg rating β€” 91,863 ratings
8.
Julie of the Wolves (Julie of the Wolves, #1)
Julie of the Wolves (Julie of the Wolves, #1) 3.83 avg rating β€” 60,966 ratings
9.
Bud, Not Buddy
Bud, Not Buddy 3.97 avg rating β€” 114,070 ratings
10.
Inside Out & Back Again
Inside Out & Back Again 4.12 avg rating β€” 65,654 ratings
11.
The Lucky Ones
The Lucky Ones 4.31 avg rating β€” 346 ratings
12.
Zora and Me (Zora and Me, #1)
Zora and Me (Zora and Me, #1) 3.76 avg rating β€” 1,444 ratings
13.
The Parker Inheritance
The Parker Inheritance 4.17 avg rating β€” 8,977 ratings
14.
Yolonda's Genius
Yolonda's Genius 3.82 avg rating β€” 2,305 ratings
14.
Elijah of Buxton
Elijah of Buxton 3.96 avg rating β€” 14,177 ratings
16.
The Harlem Charade
The Harlem Charade 3.83 avg rating β€” 1,197 ratings
17.
Hurricane Child
Hurricane Child 3.78 avg rating β€” 4,421 ratings
18.
The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963
The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 70,145 ratings
19.
Becoming Naomi LeΓ³n
Becoming Naomi LeΓ³n 4.07 avg rating β€” 13,072 ratings
20.
Walk Two Moons
Walk Two Moons really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 172,181 ratings
21.
My Heart is on the Ground: the Diary of Nannie Little Rose, a Sioux Girl, Carlisle Indian School, Pennsylvania, 1880
My Heart is on the Ground: the Diary of Nannie Little Rose, a Sioux Girl, Carlisle Indian School, Pennsylvania, 1880 3.74 avg rating β€” 3,564 ratings
22.
Jessi's Secret Language (The Baby-Sitters Club, #16)
Jessi's Secret Language (The Baby-Sitters Club, #16) 3.84 avg rating β€” 4,594 ratings
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Weetamoo: Heart of the Pocassets, Massachusetts - Rhode Island, 1653
Weetamoo: Heart of the Pocassets, Massachusetts - Rhode Island, 1653 3.67 avg rating β€” 2,170 ratings
24.
Ghost Boys
Ghost Boys 4.33 avg rating β€” 32,632 ratings
25.
How I Became a Ghost
How I Became a Ghost 3.90 avg rating β€” 2,594 ratings
26.
A Single Shard
A Single Shard 3.95 avg rating β€” 42,063 ratings
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Stanford Wong Flunks Big-Time (The Millicent Min Trilogy #2)
Stanford Wong Flunks Big-Time (The Millicent Min Trilogy #2)
by: Lisa Yee
3.86 avg rating β€” 1,788 ratings
28.
One Crazy Summer (Gaither Sisters, #1)
One Crazy Summer (Gaither Sisters, #1) 4.02 avg rating β€” 37,257 ratings
29.
Chasing Redbird
Chasing Redbird 4.10 avg rating β€” 13,271 ratings
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Un Lun Dun
Un Lun Dun 3.83 avg rating β€” 19,329 ratings
29.
Soldier Sister, Fly Home
Soldier Sister, Fly Home 3.78 avg rating β€” 155 ratings
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Little Brother
Little Brother 3.66 avg rating β€” 280 ratings
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Felita
Felita 3.93 avg rating β€” 191 ratings
29.
The Season of Styx Malone
The Season of Styx Malone 4.02 avg rating β€” 3,349 ratings
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Secrets of the Great Fire Tree
Secrets of the Great Fire Tree 4.07 avg rating β€” 15 ratings
29.
The Cassandra Curse (Muse Squad, #1)
The Cassandra Curse (Muse Squad, #1) 3.99 avg rating β€” 350 ratings
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Healing Hasan's Heart
Healing Hasan's Heart really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 2 ratings
29.
Luma and the Pet Dragon
Luma and the Pet Dragon 3.98 avg rating β€” 46 ratings
29.
Skeleton Man (Skeleton Man, #1)
Skeleton Man (Skeleton Man, #1) 3.82 avg rating β€” 3,379 ratings
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Healer of the Water Monster
Healer of the Water Monster 4.22 avg rating β€” 1,548 ratings
41.
Artichoke Hearts
Artichoke Hearts 3.84 avg rating β€” 1,600 ratings
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Turning on a Dime
Turning on a Dime 4.49 avg rating β€” 82 ratings
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The Shark Caller
The Shark Caller 3.67 avg rating β€” 109 ratings
41.
The Jumbies (The Jumbies, #1)
The Jumbies (The Jumbies, #1) 3.85 avg rating β€” 5,602 ratings
41.
The Extreme (Animorphs, #25)
The Extreme (Animorphs, #25) 3.72 avg rating β€” 3,542 ratings
41.
The Last Mapmaker
The Last Mapmaker 4.14 avg rating β€” 6,100 ratings
47.
Gullstruck Island
Gullstruck Island 4.13 avg rating β€” 3,064 ratings
47.
Quarter Horse Boy
Quarter Horse Boy 4.33 avg rating β€” 6 ratings
47.
The Bone Sparrow
The Bone Sparrow really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 5,531 ratings
47.
A Dash of Trouble (Love Sugar Magic, #1)
A Dash of Trouble (Love Sugar Magic, #1) 4.06 avg rating β€” 3,158 ratings
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Back to Before (Megamorphs, #4)
Back to Before (Megamorphs, #4) 4.03 avg rating β€” 2,293 ratings
52.
Mahtab's Story
Mahtab's Story 3.58 avg rating β€” 423 ratings
52.
Breadcrumbs
Breadcrumbs
by: Anne Ursu
3.74 avg rating β€” 12,751 ratings
52.
Black Panther: The Young Prince
Black Panther: The Young Prince 3.86 avg rating β€” 1,381 ratings
52.
Nura and the Immortal Palace
Nura and the Immortal Palace
by: M.T. Khan
3.94 avg rating β€” 1,157 ratings
52.
The Ultimate (Animorphs, #50)
The Ultimate (Animorphs, #50) 3.94 avg rating β€” 2,446 ratings
57.
Habibi
Habibi 3.64 avg rating β€” 2,958 ratings
57.
The Snow Angel
The Snow Angel 4.18 avg rating β€” 233 ratings
57.
An Ocean Apart: The Gold Mountain Diary of Chin Mei-Ling
An Ocean Apart: The Gold Mountain Diary of Chin Mei-Ling 3.75 avg rating β€” 905 ratings
57.
Pahua and the Soul Stealer (Pahua #1)
Pahua and the Soul Stealer (Pahua #1) 4.25 avg rating β€” 1,519 ratings
61.
Song of the Trees (Logans, #3)
Song of the Trees (Logans, #3) 3.97 avg rating β€” 2,400 ratings
61.
How to Be Invisible
How to Be Invisible
by: Tim Lott
3.46 avg rating β€” 500 ratings
61.
Striped Ice Cream
Striped Ice Cream 4.27 avg rating β€” 335 ratings
61.
Birthday Blues (Nikki & Deja, #2)
Birthday Blues (Nikki & Deja, #2) 3.84 avg rating β€” 89 ratings
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The Enchanted Life of Valentina MejΓ­a
The Enchanted Life of Valentina MejΓ­a 4.10 avg rating β€” 174 ratings
66.
The Land (Logans, #1)
The Land (Logans, #1) 4.23 avg rating β€” 7,534 ratings
66.
A Desperate Road to Freedom: The Underground Railroad Diary of Julia May Jackson
A Desperate Road to Freedom: The Underground Railroad Diary of Julia May Jackson 3.98 avg rating β€” 687 ratings
66.
Wedding Drama (Nikki & Deja, #5)
Wedding Drama (Nikki & Deja, #5) 3.65 avg rating β€” 49 ratings
66.
Neverforgotten
Neverforgotten 3.63 avg rating β€” 185 ratings
66.
Claudia and the Sad Good-bye (The Baby-sitters Club, #26)
Claudia and the Sad Good-bye (The Baby-sitters Club, #26) 3.88 avg rating β€” 3,538 ratings
71.
A Thousand Nights
A Thousand Nights 3.63 avg rating β€” 14,180 ratings
71.
Ghost Hawk
Ghost Hawk 3.77 avg rating β€” 2,461 ratings
71.
These Are My Words: The Residential School Diary of Violet Pesheens
These Are My Words: The Residential School Diary of Violet Pesheens 3.75 avg rating β€” 1,001 ratings
71.
Blended
Blended 4.15 avg rating β€” 18,906 ratings
71.
Sugar
Sugar 4.07 avg rating β€” 2,814 ratings
71.
Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids
Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids 4.19 avg rating β€” 2,310 ratings
71.
Jessi and the Superbrat (The Baby-Sitters Club, #27)
Jessi and the Superbrat (The Baby-Sitters Club, #27) 3.65 avg rating β€” 2,332 ratings
78.
Sing Down the Moon
Sing Down the Moon 3.76 avg rating β€” 8,739 ratings
78.
Torn Apart: The Internment Diary of Mary Kobayashi
Torn Apart: The Internment Diary of Mary Kobayashi 3.95 avg rating β€” 424 ratings
78.
The Blossoming Universe of Violet Diamond
The Blossoming Universe of Violet Diamond 3.99 avg rating β€” 1,689 ratings
78.
Stand on the Sky
Stand on the Sky
by: Erin Bow
4.30 avg rating β€” 529 ratings
78.
Claudia and the Great Search (The Baby-Sitters Club, #33)
Claudia and the Great Search (The Baby-Sitters Club, #33) 3.72 avg rating β€” 2,003 ratings
83.
Return to Sender
Return to Sender 3.78 avg rating β€” 4,015 ratings
83.
Blood Upon Our Land: The North West Resistance Diary Of Josephine Bouvier
Blood Upon Our Land: The North West Resistance Diary Of Josephine Bouvier 3.75 avg rating β€” 439 ratings
83.
Keep Out, Claudia! (The Baby-Sitters Club, #56)
Keep Out, Claudia! (The Baby-Sitters Club, #56) 3.74 avg rating β€” 1,718 ratings
83.
Adrift
Adrift 3.90 avg rating β€” 273 ratings
87.
A Girl Named Disaster
A Girl Named Disaster 3.84 avg rating β€” 5,187 ratings
87.
A Picture of Freedom: The Diary of Clotee, a Slave Girl, Belmont Plantation, Virginia 1859
A Picture of Freedom: The Diary of Clotee, a Slave Girl, Belmont Plantation, Virginia 1859 4.03 avg rating β€” 5,282 ratings
87.
Clayton Byrd Goes Underground
Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 3.79 avg rating β€” 2,381 ratings
87.
Claudia and Crazy Peaches (The Baby-Sitters Club, #78)
Claudia and Crazy Peaches (The Baby-Sitters Club, #78) 3.72 avg rating β€” 953 ratings
91.
Sylvia & Aki
Sylvia & Aki really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 1,467 ratings
91.
Dear America: With the Might of Angels - Audio
Dear America: With the Might of Angels - Audio 4.15 avg rating β€” 1,630 ratings
91.
Claudia Kishi, Live From WSTO! (The Baby-Sitters Club, #85)
Claudia Kishi, Live From WSTO! (The Baby-Sitters Club, #85) 3.76 avg rating β€” 723 ratings
94.
Look to the Hills: The Diary of Lozette Moreau, a French Slave Girl
Look to the Hills: The Diary of Lozette Moreau, a French Slave Girl 3.88 avg rating β€” 1,379 ratings
94.
Pie in the Sky
Pie in the Sky
by: Remy Lai
4.24 avg rating β€” 2,573 ratings
96.
Color Me Dark: The Diary of Nellie Lee Love, the Great Migration North, Chicago, Illinois, 1919
Color Me Dark: The Diary of Nellie Lee Love, the Great Migration North, Chicago, Illinois, 1919 3.97 avg rating β€” 2,901 ratings
96.
The Crossover
The Crossover 4.22 avg rating β€” 68,008 ratings
96.
Front Desk (Front Desk #1)
Front Desk (Front Desk #1) 4.37 avg rating β€” 43,709 ratings
96.
The Journal of Ben Uchida: Citizen 13559 Mirror Lake Internment Camp, California, 1942
The Journal of Ben Uchida: Citizen 13559 Mirror Lake Internment Camp, California, 1942 3.76 avg rating β€” 889 ratings
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The Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow: The Diary of Sarah Nita, a Navajo Girl
The Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow: The Diary of Sarah Nita, a Navajo Girl 3.78 avg rating β€” 2,519 ratings
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