Middle Grade Fiction set in the 1980s

1.
Matilda
Matilda 4.33 avg rating — 1,072,692 ratings
2.
A Long Walk to Water
A Long Walk to Water 4.25 avg rating — 99,534 ratings
3.
The Indian in the Cupboard
The Indian in the Cupboard 3.93 avg rating — 108,375 ratings
4.
The Breadwinner (Breadwinner Series Book 1)
The Breadwinner (Breadwinner Series Book 1) 4.01 avg rating — 30,932 ratings
5.
Nobody Was Here : Seventh Grade in the Life of Me, Penelope (Elston Prep, #1)
Nobody Was Here : Seventh Grade in the Life of Me, Penelope (Elston Prep, #1) 3.47 avg rating — 281 ratings
5.
It Ain't So Awful, Falafel
It Ain't So Awful, Falafel 4.25 avg rating — 4,498 ratings
7.
Caminar
Caminar 3.95 avg rating — 1,527 ratings
7.
Run
Run 3.81 avg rating — 1,064 ratings
9.
Frankie & Bug
Frankie & Bug 4.10 avg rating — 2,078 ratings
10.
The Year Money Grew on Trees
The Year Money Grew on Trees 3.92 avg rating — 845 ratings
10.
Not Your All-American Girl
Not Your All-American Girl 4.18 avg rating — 584 ratings
12.
We Dream of Space
We Dream of Space 4.11 avg rating — 8,479 ratings
13.
Planet Earth Is Blue
Planet Earth Is Blue 4.44 avg rating — 3,284 ratings
14.
Lost Boys
Lost Boys 4.04 avg rating — 585 ratings
15.
The Pity Party: 8th Grade in the Life of Me, Cass
The Pity Party: 8th Grade in the Life of Me, Cass 3.68 avg rating — 139 ratings
16.
Freya on the Wall
Freya on the Wall
by: T. Degens
2.70 avg rating — 10 ratings
17.
Snow Lane
Snow Lane 3.77 avg rating — 470 ratings
17.
No Cream Puffs
No Cream Puffs
by: Karen Day
4.01 avg rating — 682 ratings
19.
The Best Worst Summer
The Best Worst Summer 4.22 avg rating — 200 ratings
19.
The Magical Imperfect
The Magical Imperfect 4.21 avg rating — 1,015 ratings
21.
What a Way to Go
What a Way to Go 3.55 avg rating — 226 ratings
21.
Mystic of the Midway
Mystic of the Midway 3.88 avg rating — 8 ratings
21.
Danilo Was Here
Danilo Was Here 4.16 avg rating — 83 ratings
21.
Weird Rules to Follow
Weird Rules to Follow 3.88 avg rating — 380 ratings
25.
Strong Deaf
Strong Deaf 3.65 avg rating — 103 ratings
25.
Dogtag Summer
Dogtag Summer 3.72 avg rating — 222 ratings
25.
Wait Till Helen Comes: A Ghost Story
Wait Till Helen Comes: A Ghost Story 4.12 avg rating — 25,612 ratings
25.
The Blackbird Girls
The Blackbird Girls 4.42 avg rating — 8,984 ratings
29.
The Doll in the Garden: A Ghost Story
The Doll in the Garden: A Ghost Story 4.05 avg rating — 8,863 ratings
30.
Siberiak: My Cold War Adventure on the River Ob
Siberiak: My Cold War Adventure on the River Ob 3.71 avg rating — 41 ratings
30.
The Castle in the Attic (The Castle in the Attic, #1)
The Castle in the Attic (The Castle in the Attic, #1) 3.96 avg rating — 19,404 ratings
32.
Skateway to Freedom
Skateway to Freedom
by: Ann Alma
3.19 avg rating — 21 ratings
32.
The Dollhouse Murders
The Dollhouse Murders 3.99 avg rating — 9,664 ratings
34.
Charlie (Snowy Cove, #1)
Charlie (Snowy Cove, #1) 3.51 avg rating — 170 ratings
35.
Cloud and Wallfish
Cloud and Wallfish 4.04 avg rating — 1,741 ratings
36.
Trowbridge Road
Trowbridge Road 4.16 avg rating — 563 ratings
37.
Hope in the Valley
Hope in the Valley 4.24 avg rating — 403 ratings