8-12 Years Books by BIPOC Authors
Explore books for children ages 8-12 years.
- 8-12 Years, Children's, Children's Chapter Book
- Publication Year: 2025
Page-turning WW2 hidden history masterfully told by award winner Daniel Nayeri. 1941. The German armies are storming across Europe. Iran is a neutral country occupied by British forces on one...
- 8-12 Years, Children's
- Publication Year: 2025
Based on the true story of Roberto Alvarez and the Lemon Grove Incident, this vivid and uplifting middle grade debut novel in verse about one young child’s courage to stand...
- 8-12 Years, Children's Chapter Book, Middle School, Preteen
- Publication Year: 2025
From the acclaimed author Tamika Burgess comes a timely coming-of-age story about a young boy’s fight to save his family and his dreams in the aftermath of the US military...
- by Tina Cho
- 8-12 Years, Children's
- Publication Year: 2024
This poignant and moving graphic novel in verse captures the dangers and hope that come with fleeing North Korea and reaching for a brighter future through the lives of Yunho...
- by Julie C. Dao
- 8-12 Years, Middle School
- Publication Year: 2024
In this Team Chu adventure, Vietnamese-American siblings Clip and Sadie Chu―and friends―must unearth the mystery behind a haunted Halloween carnival. When Iggy Morales’s stylish cat, Tuba, becomes famous on social...
- 8-12 Years, Children's Chapter Book
- Publication Year: 2024
Before Ma became the most powerful witch in Brooklyn…before Ma met a boy named Jaxon who helped her deliver three baby dragons to the realm of magic…long before Ma ended...
- 8-12 Years, Children's Chapter Book, Middle School
- Publication Year: 2024
An exciting follow-up to Lei and the Fire Goddess features a mysterious, invisible island, dangerous spirits, and a newcomer who does not need Lei’s help…or does she? It turns out...
- 8-12 Years
- Publication Year: 2023
Welcome to Neverland–where an unforgettable adventure is about to begin . . . Tiger Lily and her community, the Indigenous people of Neverland, possess a unique ability: they can choose...
- by Kim Sigafus
- 8-12 Years, Children's, Children's Picture Book
- Publication Year: 2023
In the fall of 1850, Faye and her family begin a long, difficult journey with thousands of other Ojibwe people to receive money the U.S. government owes them. But why...
- 8-12 Years, Children's Chapter Book, Middle School
- Publication Year: 2023
First in a series, Nidhi Chanani’s Super Boba Café is a sweet and magical middle-grade, full-color graphic novel about a secret teashop, an earthquake-causing monster, and an unforgettable summer. In...
- 8-12 Years, Children's Chapter Book, Middle School
- Publication Year: 2023
Curses aren’t real. At least, that’s what twelve-year-old, part-Hawaiian Anna Leilani Kamaʻehu thinks when she listens to her grandmother’s folktales about sacred flowers and family guardians. Anna’s friends back home...
- 8-12 Years, Children's, Children's Chapter Book, Middle School
- Publication Year: 2023
Getting three baby dragons back home was just the beginning. Now Jaxon is on a mission to help all magical creatures from Dragons in a Bag! But things in the...
- by Julie C. Dao
- 8-12 Years, Middle School
- Publication Year: 2023
Check out acclaimed author Julie C. Dao’s debut middle grade series, featuring a team of kids ready for any challenge–even saving the fantasy world of Pantaera from dark forces and...
- by Julie C. Dao
- 8-12 Years, Middle School
- Publication Year: 2023
A rollicking, action-packed adventure of laser tag and fierce sibling rivalries, Team Chu and the Battle of Blackwood Arena is the first book in a commercial middle grade fantasy series...
- by Leah Johnson
- 8-12 Years, Children's, Children's Chapter Book
- Publication Year: 2023
From award-winning YA author Leah Johnson comes her magical middle grade debut: a laugh-until-you-cry, cry-until-you-laugh story about an ordinary girl whose life is turned upside down by some extraordinary powers....
- 8-12 Years, Children's, Children's Chapter Book, Middle School
- Publication Year: 2022
The dragons may be out of the bag, but Jaxon is ready to hatch some magic of his own in this third book in the critically acclaimed Dragons in a...
- by Samira Ahmed
- 8-12 Years, Middle School
- Publication Year: 2022
Amira and Hamza are back in this epic sequel by Samira Ahmed, which takes readers on a thrilling magical adventure as the siblings face their most terrifying and formidable opponent...
- by E.L. Shen
- 8-12 Years, Children's Chapter Book, Middle School
- Publication Year: 2021
E. L. Shen’s The Comeback is a heartfelt middle-grade debut about a young Chinese American girl trying to be a champ―in figure skating and in life. Twelve-year-old Maxine Chen is...
- 8-12 Years, Children's
- Publication Year: 2021
This action-packed fantasy-adventure sees a girl’s drawings of Indian mythology spring to vivid life—including the evil god who seeks to enter the real world and destroy it. Kiki Kallira has...
- by Samira Ahmed
- 8-12 Years, Middle School
- Publication Year: 2021
From New York Times and indie bestselling author Samira Ahmed comes a thrilling and magical adventure intertwining Islamic legend and history, perfect for fans of Aru Shah and the Land...
- 8-12 Years, Children's, Middle School
- Publication Year: 2019
From the author of A is for Activist, here is the story of a child born at the dawn of a social movement. At first the protests were in small...
- 8-12 Years, Children's, Children's Chapter Book, Middle School
- Publication Year: 2019
Stealing a baby dragon was easy! Hiding it is a little more complicated, in this second book in the critically acclaimed Dragons in a Bag series. Jaxon had just one...
- 4-6 Years, 6-8 Years, 8-12 Years, Children's, Children's Picture Book
- Publication Year: 2019
An ode to black American triumph and tribulation, with art from a two-time Caldecott Honoree. Originally performed for ESPN’s The Undefeated, this poem is a love letter to black life...
- 8-12 Years, Children's, Children's Chapter Book, Middle School
- Publication Year: 2018
The dragon’s out of the bag in this diverse, young urban fantasy from an award-winning author! When Jaxon is sent to spend the day with a mean old lady his...