Middle Grade Fiction set in the 1950s

100.
The Enemy: Detroit, 1954
The Enemy: Detroit, 1954 really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 250 ratings
102.
The Willoughby Spit Wonder
The Willoughby Spit Wonder 3.57 avg rating — 23 ratings
102.
The Star Maker
The Star Maker 3.26 avg rating — 135 ratings
104.
The Long Way Home (Family Tree, #2)
The Long Way Home (Family Tree, #2) 3.81 avg rating — 546 ratings
105.
The Floating World
The Floating World 3.42 avg rating — 212 ratings
105.
The Best Bet Gazette
The Best Bet Gazette 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
105.
The Warden's Daughter
The Warden's Daughter 3.69 avg rating — 4,027 ratings
108.
Abby's Fabulous Season
Abby's Fabulous Season 2.69 avg rating — 36 ratings
109.
The Red Shoe
The Red Shoe 3.24 avg rating — 525 ratings
109.
The Giant-Slayer
The Giant-Slayer 4.08 avg rating — 738 ratings
111.
Music from a Place Called Half Moon
Music from a Place Called Half Moon 3.96 avg rating — 56 ratings
112.
My Cousin, the Poodle
My Cousin, the Poodle 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
113.
The Year of the Bomb
The Year of the Bomb 3.49 avg rating — 240 ratings
113.
A Marathon of Her Own: The Diary of Sophia Krikonis, Melbourne, 1956
A Marathon of Her Own: The Diary of Sophia Krikonis, Melbourne, 1956 3.79 avg rating — 34 ratings
115.
Take Me With You
Take Me With You 3.20 avg rating — 137 ratings
115.
Spy Runner
Spy Runner 3.48 avg rating — 384 ratings
117.
A Hitch at the Fairmont
A Hitch at the Fairmont 3.86 avg rating — 285 ratings
118.
Down in the Piney Woods
Down in the Piney Woods 4.15 avg rating — 27 ratings
118.
The Flimflam Man (Sunburst Book)
The Flimflam Man (Sunburst Book) 3.79 avg rating — 39 ratings
120.
Meet Lina (Our Australian Girl - Lina, #1)
Meet Lina (Our Australian Girl - Lina, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 80 ratings
121.
Indian No More
Indian No More 4.20 avg rating — 2,563 ratings
122.
A Bridge to the Stars
A Bridge to the Stars 3.52 avg rating — 1,592 ratings
123.
Catching Spring
Catching Spring 4.06 avg rating — 18 ratings
124.
Carrying Mason
Carrying Mason 3.88 avg rating — 60 ratings
125.
Buckaroo
Buckaroo 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings
126.
Blow Out the Moon
Blow Out the Moon 3.93 avg rating — 153 ratings
126.
Becoming Gershona
Becoming Gershona 3.65 avg rating — 17 ratings
128.
Mighty Inside
Mighty Inside 4.16 avg rating — 200 ratings
128.
Ayumi's Violin
Ayumi's Violin 4.33 avg rating — 133 ratings
130.
Brother's Keeper
Brother's Keeper
by: Julie Lee
4.34 avg rating — 2,164 ratings
130.
Your Friend in Fashion, Abby Shapiro
Your Friend in Fashion, Abby Shapiro 3.81 avg rating — 78 ratings
132.
Johnny Kellock Died Today
Johnny Kellock Died Today 3.36 avg rating — 140 ratings
133.
The Ghost Stallion
The Ghost Stallion 4.38 avg rating — 8 ratings
134.
Birdie
Birdie 4.64 avg rating — 69 ratings
135.
Me and Caleb
Me and Caleb 4.22 avg rating — 120 ratings
136.
Dog Star
Dog Star 3.94 avg rating — 121 ratings
137.
My Name Is Seepeetza
My Name Is Seepeetza 3.69 avg rating — 732 ratings
138.
Harbour Bridge
Harbour Bridge 4.30 avg rating — 20 ratings
139.
Ludell
Ludell 4.53 avg rating — 114 ratings
140.
Queenie
Queenie 4.18 avg rating — 3,120 ratings
141.
Kimberley of Millpond
Kimberley of Millpond 3.17 avg rating — 6 ratings
142.
Burn My Heart
Burn My Heart 3.57 avg rating — 408 ratings
143.
Bone by Bone by Bone
Bone by Bone by Bone 3.79 avg rating — 405 ratings
144.
Red Scare: A Graphic Novel
Red Scare: A Graphic Novel 3.64 avg rating — 786 ratings
145.
How Hedley Hopkins Did a Dare...
How Hedley Hopkins Did a Dare... 3.70 avg rating — 212 ratings
146.
The Grey Dancer
The Grey Dancer 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings
147.
The Miner’s Lament: A Story of Latina Activists in the Empire Zinc Mine Strike
The Miner’s Lament: A Story of Latina Activists in the Empire Zinc Mine Strike 4.40 avg rating — 10 ratings
148.
The Swap
The Swap 4.09 avg rating — 43 ratings
149.
The Darkest Corner
The Darkest Corner 3.71 avg rating — 21 ratings
150.
Heather and the Pink Poodles
Heather and the Pink Poodles 3.49 avg rating — 71 ratings
151.
Doctor Moledinky's Castle: A Hometown Tale
Doctor Moledinky's Castle: A Hometown Tale liked it 3.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
152.
Brothers Like Friends
Brothers Like Friends 3.82 avg rating — 56 ratings
153.
Ladies & Jellybeans
Ladies & Jellybeans 2.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
154.
Judy Scuppernong
Judy Scuppernong 3.76 avg rating — 21 ratings
155.
Night Riding
Night Riding 3.80 avg rating — 10 ratings
156.
Sonny's House of Spies
Sonny's House of Spies 3.77 avg rating — 57 ratings
157.
Robbie
Robbie liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating
158.
In the Tunnel
In the Tunnel
by: Julie Lee
4.11 avg rating — 236 ratings
159.
Chasing the Arrow
Chasing the Arrow really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
160.
Black Cloud (Horse Diaries, #8)
Black Cloud (Horse Diaries, #8) 4.29 avg rating — 545 ratings
161.
Journey to Tangiwai: The Diary of Peter Cotterill, Napier, 1953
Journey to Tangiwai: The Diary of Peter Cotterill, Napier, 1953 4.06 avg rating — 79 ratings
162.
Chasing a Star
Chasing a Star 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings
163.
Eclipse
Eclipse 3.09 avg rating — 22 ratings
164.
The $66 Summer: A Novel of the Segregated South
The $66 Summer: A Novel of the Segregated South 3.61 avg rating — 51 ratings
165.
Toward Morning
Toward Morning 4.26 avg rating — 23 ratings
166.
Where Heroes Hide
Where Heroes Hide 4.50 avg rating — 12 ratings
167.
As Long As There Are Mountains
As Long As There Are Mountains 3.84 avg rating — 111 ratings
168.
Night Flight
Night Flight 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
169.
On Christmas Eve
On Christmas Eve 3.74 avg rating — 790 ratings
170.
The Leaving Summer
The Leaving Summer really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
171.
Equal
Equal 4.48 avg rating — 50 ratings
172.
Spitfire
Spitfire really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings
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