YA and Middle Grade Books with POC Protagonists written by POC

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Pedro & Daniel
Pedro & Daniel 4.27 avg rating β€” 479 ratings
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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
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Mist Bound: How to Glue Back Grandpa
Mist Bound: How to Glue Back Grandpa
by: Daryl Kho
4.44 avg rating β€” 147 ratings
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Esperanza Rising
Esperanza Rising 4.04 avg rating β€” 111,370 ratings
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Race to the Sun
Race to the Sun 4.03 avg rating β€” 5,954 ratings
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Listen, Slowly
Listen, Slowly 3.89 avg rating β€” 6,880 ratings
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The Hate U Give (The Hate U Give, #1)
The Hate U Give (The Hate U Give, #1) 4.46 avg rating β€” 986,377 ratings
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Miles Morales: Spider-Man
Miles Morales: Spider-Man 3.89 avg rating β€” 8,224 ratings
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The Girl Who Could Silence the Wind
The Girl Who Could Silence the Wind 3.41 avg rating β€” 983 ratings
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Gods and Demons (Leyendas, #2)
Gods and Demons (Leyendas, #2) really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 3 ratings
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You Bring the Distant Near
You Bring the Distant Near 3.96 avg rating β€” 4,469 ratings
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Labyrinth Lost (Brooklyn Brujas, #1)
Labyrinth Lost (Brooklyn Brujas, #1) 3.72 avg rating β€” 14,413 ratings
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Juliet Takes a Breath
Juliet Takes a Breath 4.16 avg rating β€” 16,965 ratings
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Black Panther: The Young Prince
Black Panther: The Young Prince 3.86 avg rating β€” 1,381 ratings
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Piecing Me Together
Piecing Me Together 4.08 avg rating β€” 26,714 ratings
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The Wrath and the Dawn (The Wrath and the Dawn, #1)
The Wrath and the Dawn (The Wrath and the Dawn, #1) 4.04 avg rating β€” 184,560 ratings
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Flygirl
Flygirl 3.96 avg rating β€” 9,016 ratings
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When I Was the Greatest
When I Was the Greatest 4.01 avg rating β€” 7,351 ratings
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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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Dear Martin (Dear Martin, #1)
Dear Martin (Dear Martin, #1)
by: Nic Stone
4.33 avg rating β€” 84,058 ratings
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I Am Alfonso Jones
I Am Alfonso Jones 4.06 avg rating β€” 3,215 ratings
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Life and Death (Leyendas, #1)
Life and Death (Leyendas, #1) 4.44 avg rating β€” 9 ratings
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The Interrogation of Ashala Wolf (The Tribe, #1)
The Interrogation of Ashala Wolf (The Tribe, #1) 3.75 avg rating β€” 2,561 ratings
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Holly Hernandez and the Death of Disco
Holly Hernandez and the Death of Disco 4.30 avg rating β€” 71 ratings
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A Piece of Heaven
A Piece of Heaven 3.89 avg rating β€” 65 ratings
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When We Were Infinite
When We Were Infinite 3.71 avg rating β€” 1,514 ratings
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Reclaim the Stars
Reclaim the Stars 3.81 avg rating β€” 1,414 ratings
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Squishy Crushy Something (Happy Lucky Everything, #1)
Squishy Crushy Something (Happy Lucky Everything, #1) 4.62 avg rating β€” 8 ratings
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SalvaciΓ³n
SalvaciΓ³n 3.61 avg rating β€” 357 ratings
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Zeely
Zeely 3.71 avg rating β€” 309 ratings
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No Room in Neverland
No Room in Neverland 3.71 avg rating β€” 14 ratings
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Flying Lessons & Other Stories
Flying Lessons & Other Stories
by: Ellen Oh
4.03 avg rating β€” 5,316 ratings
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Ghost Boys
Ghost Boys 4.33 avg rating β€” 32,631 ratings
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The House on Mango Street
The House on Mango Street 3.69 avg rating β€” 222,951 ratings
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Your Corner Dark
Your Corner Dark 4.10 avg rating β€” 330 ratings
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Rubi Ramos's Recipe for Success
Rubi Ramos's Recipe for Success 3.75 avg rating β€” 915 ratings
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Relit: 16 Latinx Remixes of Classic Stories
Relit: 16 Latinx Remixes of Classic Stories 3.89 avg rating β€” 277 ratings
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A Broke Boy in a Rich Girl's Heart
A Broke Boy in a Rich Girl's Heart
by: C.K. Dion
3.80 avg rating β€” 5 ratings
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Until Morning
Until Morning 4.05 avg rating β€” 22 ratings
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Tyler Johnson Was Here
Tyler Johnson Was Here
by: Jay Coles
3.87 avg rating β€” 5,538 ratings
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Misfit in Love
Misfit in Love
by: S.K. Ali
3.89 avg rating β€” 1,739 ratings
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Shadows and Light (Leyendas, #3)
Shadows and Light (Leyendas, #3) 0.00 avg rating β€” 0 ratings
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Zhara (Guardians of Dawn, #1)
Zhara (Guardians of Dawn, #1) 3.50 avg rating β€” 3,690 ratings
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Song of Silver, Flame Like Night (Song of the Last Kingdom, #1)
Song of Silver, Flame Like Night (Song of the Last Kingdom, #1) 3.78 avg rating β€” 13,323 ratings
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Touchy Feely Sweet Thing (Happy Lucky Everything, #2)
Touchy Feely Sweet Thing (Happy Lucky Everything, #2) 0.00 avg rating β€” 0 ratings
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Dark Sons
Dark Sons 3.92 avg rating β€” 652 ratings
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The Day Tajon Got Shot
The Day Tajon Got Shot
by: T'Asia
4.27 avg rating β€” 191 ratings
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Your Brain on Latino Comics: From Gus Arriola to Los Bros Hernandez (Cognitive Approaches to Literature and Culture Series)
Your Brain on Latino Comics: From Gus Arriola to Los Bros Hernandez (Cognitive Approaches to Literature and Culture Series) 4.06 avg rating β€” 17 ratings
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Sisters of the Neversea
Sisters of the Neversea 3.85 avg rating β€” 902 ratings
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Strike the Zither (Kingdom of Three, #1)
Strike the Zither (Kingdom of Three, #1)
by: Joan He
3.71 avg rating β€” 5,101 ratings
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Lovey Dovey Deep Thing (Happy Lucky Everything, #3)
Lovey Dovey Deep Thing (Happy Lucky Everything, #3) 0.00 avg rating β€” 0 ratings
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The Inexplicable Logic of My Life
The Inexplicable Logic of My Life 4.13 avg rating β€” 27,891 ratings
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A Spy in the House (The Agency #1)
A Spy in the House (The Agency #1)
by: Y.S. Lee
3.79 avg rating β€” 18,095 ratings
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Cece Rios and the King of Fears (Cece Rios, #2)
Cece Rios and the King of Fears (Cece Rios, #2) 4.37 avg rating β€” 279 ratings
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Not Your Sidekick (Sidekick Squad, #1)
Not Your Sidekick (Sidekick Squad, #1)
by: C.B. Lee
3.87 avg rating β€” 8,706 ratings
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Solo
Solo 3.93 avg rating β€” 13,520 ratings
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The Great Wall of Lucy Wu
The Great Wall of Lucy Wu 4.02 avg rating β€” 2,898 ratings
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He Said, She Said
He Said, She Said 3.51 avg rating β€” 1,331 ratings
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Huntress
Huntress 3.79 avg rating β€” 13,438 ratings
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Chasing Grace: What the Quarter Mile Has Taught Me about God and Life
Chasing Grace: What the Quarter Mile Has Taught Me about God and Life 3.78 avg rating β€” 204 ratings
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Tofu Quilt
Tofu Quilt 3.85 avg rating β€” 391 ratings
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Shadowshaper (Shadowshaper Cypher, #1)
Shadowshaper (Shadowshaper Cypher, #1) 3.74 avg rating β€” 10,801 ratings
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The Red Umbrella
The Red Umbrella 4.06 avg rating β€” 4,840 ratings
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The Tequila Worm
The Tequila Worm 3.86 avg rating β€” 1,789 ratings
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Akata Witch (The Nsibidi Scripts, #1)
Akata Witch (The Nsibidi Scripts, #1) 4.03 avg rating β€” 37,837 ratings
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Everything, Everything
Everything, Everything 3.96 avg rating β€” 667,905 ratings
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The Chaos
The Chaos 3.13 avg rating β€” 657 ratings
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The Sun Is Also a Star
The Sun Is Also a Star 3.95 avg rating β€” 353,160 ratings
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Want (Want, #1)
Want (Want, #1)
by: Cindy Pon
3.72 avg rating β€” 4,967 ratings
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Bronx Masquerade
Bronx Masquerade 3.95 avg rating β€” 7,918 ratings
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Silver Phoenix (Kingdom of Xia, #1)
Silver Phoenix (Kingdom of Xia, #1)
by: Cindy Pon
3.57 avg rating β€” 3,381 ratings
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Here We Are Now
Here We Are Now 3.49 avg rating β€” 2,849 ratings
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Serpentine (Serpentine, #1)
Serpentine (Serpentine, #1)
by: Cindy Pon
3.56 avg rating β€” 1,190 ratings
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The Book of Phoenix (Who Fears Death, #0)
The Book of Phoenix (Who Fears Death, #0) 3.94 avg rating β€” 5,872 ratings
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Forgotten Country
Forgotten Country 3.50 avg rating β€” 3,125 ratings
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Son of a Trickster (Trickster, #1)
Son of a Trickster (Trickster, #1) 3.81 avg rating β€” 13,899 ratings
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Return to Sender
Return to Sender 3.78 avg rating β€” 4,015 ratings
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Certain Dark Things
Certain Dark Things 3.72 avg rating β€” 18,983 ratings
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As Brave As You
As Brave As You 4.05 avg rating β€” 8,236 ratings
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The Sword Guest (Dragon's Pupils, #1)
The Sword Guest (Dragon's Pupils, #1) 3.44 avg rating β€” 84 ratings
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A Dime a Dozen
A Dime a Dozen 3.74 avg rating β€” 39 ratings
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Bhangra Babes (Bindi Babes, #3)
Bhangra Babes (Bindi Babes, #3) 3.48 avg rating β€” 204 ratings
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Felita
Felita 3.93 avg rating β€” 191 ratings
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Bollywood Babes (Bindi Babes, #2)
Bollywood Babes (Bindi Babes, #2) 3.40 avg rating β€” 282 ratings
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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
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Bindi Babes (Bindi Babes, #1)
Bindi Babes (Bindi Babes, #1) 3.46 avg rating β€” 583 ratings
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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
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Ghetto Cowboy
Ghetto Cowboy
by: G. Neri
3.92 avg rating β€” 2,936 ratings
88.
Torn Apart: The Internment Diary of Mary Kobayashi
Torn Apart: The Internment Diary of Mary Kobayashi 3.95 avg rating β€” 424 ratings
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Before We Were Free
Before We Were Free 3.91 avg rating β€” 9,247 ratings
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Lady of Ch'iao Kuo: Red Bird of the South, Southern China, A.D. 531
Lady of Ch'iao Kuo: Red Bird of the South, Southern China, A.D. 531 3.83 avg rating β€” 3,857 ratings
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Open Mic: Riffs on Life Between Cultures in Ten Voices
Open Mic: Riffs on Life Between Cultures in Ten Voices
by: David Yoo
3.87 avg rating β€” 669 ratings
92.
Anacaona, Golden Flower
Anacaona, Golden Flower 3.79 avg rating β€” 2,264 ratings
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Tell Me Again How a Crush Should Feel
Tell Me Again How a Crush Should Feel 3.81 avg rating β€” 11,137 ratings
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A Wish After Midnight
A Wish After Midnight 3.73 avg rating β€” 659 ratings
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Hope Defined
Hope Defined 3.39 avg rating β€” 36 ratings
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This Side of Home
This Side of Home really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 2,965 ratings
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Bud, Not Buddy
Bud, Not Buddy 3.97 avg rating β€” 114,067 ratings
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Elijah of Buxton
Elijah of Buxton 3.96 avg rating β€” 14,176 ratings
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I Lived on Butterfly Hill
I Lived on Butterfly Hill 4.21 avg rating β€” 2,308 ratings
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