Middle Grade Books by Black Authors

A reading list of middle grade books by Black authors.

 

 

 

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Brown Girl Dreaming (Paperback)

By Jacqueline Woodson
$10.99
ISBN: 9780147515827
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Published: Puffin Books - October 11th, 2016
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Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks (Hardcover)

By Jason Reynolds, Alexander Nabaum (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9781481438285
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Published: Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books - October 8th, 2019
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The Crossover (The Crossover Series) (Paperback)

By Kwame Alexander
$8.99
ISBN: 9780544935204
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Published: HMH Books for Young Readers - March 5th, 2019
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Ghetto Cowboy (Paperback)

By G. Neri, Jesse Joshua Watson (Illustrator)
$7.99
ISBN: 9780763664534
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Published: Candlewick - August 6th, 2013
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Blended (Hardcover)

By Sharon M. Draper
$16.99
ISBN: 9781442495005
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Published: Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books - October 30th, 2018
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Black Brother, Black Brother (Hardcover)

By Jewell Parker Rhodes
$16.99
ISBN: 9780316493802
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Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - March 3rd, 2020
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Hurricane Child (Scholastic Gold) (Paperback)

By Kacen Callender, Kheryn Callender
$7.99
ISBN: 9781338129311
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Published: Scholastic Press - October 1st, 2019
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My Life as an Ice Cream Sandwich (Hardcover)

By Ibi Zoboi
$16.99
ISBN: 9780399187353
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Published: Dutton Books for Young Readers - August 27th, 2019
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The Parker Inheritance (Scholastic Gold) (Paperback)

By Varian Johnson
$7.99
ISBN: 9780545952781
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Published: Arthur A. Levine Books - June 25th, 2019
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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Paperback)

By Mildred D. Taylor
$8.99
ISBN: 9780140384512
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Published: Puffin Books - November 27th, 2001
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Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky (Hardcover)

By Kwame Mbalia
$17.99
ISBN: 9781368039932
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Published: Rick Riordan Presents - October 15th, 2019
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Child of the Dream (A Memoir of 1963) (Hardcover)

By Sharon Robinson
$16.99
ISBN: 9781338282801
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Published: Scholastic Press - September 3rd, 2019
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Ghost (Track #1) (Paperback)

By Jason Reynolds
$7.99
ISBN: 9781481450164
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Published: Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books - August 29th, 2017
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Like Vanessa (Paperback)

By Tami Charles, Vanessa Brantley-Newton (Illustrator)
$8.99
ISBN: 9781580898997
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Published: Charlesbridge - March 5th, 2019
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Love Like Sky (Paperback)

By Leslie C. Youngblood
$7.99
ISBN: 9781368019392
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Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - October 8th, 2019
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From the Desk of Zoe Washington (Hardcover)

By Janae Marks
$16.99
ISBN: 9780062875853
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Published: Katherine Tegen Books - January 14th, 2020
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Clean Getaway (Hardcover)

By Nic Stone
$16.99
ISBN: 9781984892973
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Published: Crown Books for Young Readers - January 7th, 2020