YA and Middle Grade Books with POC Protagonists written by POC

100.
Between Sisters
Between Sisters 3.69 avg rating — 106 ratings
102.
Hidden Girl: The True Story of a Modern-Day Child Slave
Hidden Girl: The True Story of a Modern-Day Child Slave 3.83 avg rating — 4,476 ratings
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Annie John
Annie John 3.72 avg rating — 12,516 ratings
104.
The Rose & the Dagger (The Wrath and the Dawn, #2)
The Rose & the Dagger (The Wrath and the Dawn, #2) 4.03 avg rating — 98,650 ratings
105.
The Jumbies (The Jumbies, #1)
The Jumbies (The Jumbies, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 5,603 ratings
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Unstoppable Octobia May
Unstoppable Octobia May 3.43 avg rating — 686 ratings
106.
Zahrah the Windseeker
Zahrah the Windseeker 4.16 avg rating — 2,663 ratings
108.
Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass
Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass 3.89 avg rating — 10,348 ratings
108.
Wishing on a Star (The Cheetah Girls #1)
Wishing on a Star (The Cheetah Girls #1) 3.47 avg rating — 169 ratings
110.
The Boy in the Black Suit
The Boy in the Black Suit really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 8,817 ratings
110.
Legend (Legend, #1)
Legend (Legend, #1)
by: Marie Lu
4.15 avg rating — 556,146 ratings
112.
Brown Girl in the Ring
Brown Girl in the Ring 3.85 avg rating — 7,278 ratings
113.
All American Boys
All American Boys 4.29 avg rating — 49,116 ratings
113.
The Marrow Thieves
The Marrow Thieves 3.95 avg rating — 42,140 ratings
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Mare's War
Mare's War 3.84 avg rating — 1,063 ratings
115.
The Night Wanderer
The Night Wanderer 3.46 avg rating — 1,013 ratings
117.
Happy Families
Happy Families 3.30 avg rating — 438 ratings
117.
Mother of the Sea
Mother of the Sea 4.20 avg rating — 256 ratings
119.
A la Carte
A la Carte 3.49 avg rating — 220 ratings
119.
Half World
Half World 3.66 avg rating — 1,598 ratings
121.
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 4.01 avg rating — 79,969 ratings
122.
On the Come Up
On the Come Up 4.26 avg rating — 99,745 ratings
123.
Out of Darkness
Out of Darkness 4.14 avg rating — 8,465 ratings
124.
Dread Nation (Dread Nation, #1)
Dread Nation (Dread Nation, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 35,470 ratings
125.
The Black God's Drums
The Black God's Drums really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 11,310 ratings
126.
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 — 5,282 ratings
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I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly: The Diary of Patsy, a Freed Girl, Mars Bluff, South Carolina, 1865
I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly: The Diary of Patsy, a Freed Girl, Mars Bluff, South Carolina, 1865 3.94 avg rating — 5,281 ratings
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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 — 1,378 ratings
129.
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 — 2,901 ratings
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With the Might of Angels: The Diary of Dawnie Rae Johnson, Hadley, Virginia, 1954
With the Might of Angels: The Diary of Dawnie Rae Johnson, Hadley, Virginia, 1954 4.15 avg rating — 1,630 ratings
131.
The Journal of Joshua Loper: A Black Cowboy, The Chisholm Trail, 1871
The Journal of Joshua Loper: A Black Cowboy, The Chisholm Trail, 1871 3.72 avg rating — 366 ratings
132.
The Journal of Wong Ming-Chung: A Chinese Miner, California, 1852
The Journal of Wong Ming-Chung: A Chinese Miner, California, 1852 3.83 avg rating — 470 ratings
133.
The Journal of Jesse Smoke: A Cherokee Boy, Trail of Tears, 1838
The Journal of Jesse Smoke: A Cherokee Boy, Trail of Tears, 1838 3.67 avg rating — 451 ratings
134.
The Journal of Biddy Owens: The Negro leagues
The Journal of Biddy Owens: The Negro leagues 3.63 avg rating — 334 ratings
135.
Internment
Internment 3.87 avg rating — 20,057 ratings
136.
Dust of Eden
Dust of Eden 4.07 avg rating — 918 ratings
137.
Journey Home
Journey Home 3.68 avg rating — 408 ratings
138.
Weedflower
Weedflower 3.92 avg rating — 4,884 ratings
139.
Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)
Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1) 4.20 avg rating — 238,996 ratings
140.
The Isle of the Lost (Descendants, #1)
The Isle of the Lost (Descendants, #1) 3.80 avg rating — 27,490 ratings
141.
Reflection
Reflection 3.98 avg rating — 22,035 ratings
142.
Spin the Dawn (The Blood of Stars, #1)
Spin the Dawn (The Blood of Stars, #1) 3.98 avg rating — 63,028 ratings
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The Epic Crush of Genie Lo (The Epic Crush of Genie Lo, #1)
The Epic Crush of Genie Lo (The Epic Crush of Genie Lo, #1)
by: F.C. Yee
3.97 avg rating — 4,029 ratings
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War Girls (War Girls, #1)
War Girls (War Girls, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 3,114 ratings
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