Middle School Books by BIPOC Authors
Discover the perfect books for middle schoolers written by BIPOC authors.
- Children's, Middle School
- Publication Year: 2026
The start of a thrilling new middle-grade series from Jordan Ifueko, author of the New York Times bestselling fantasy Raybearer. Valentine Adesanya has two missions: 1) become a Feared and...
- 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 Namina Forna
- Middle School, Teen Fantasy, Teen Sword & Sorcery Fantasy, Young Adult
- Publication Year: 2024
The dazzling finale to the groundbreaking, New York Times bestselling Gilded Ones series. One girl holds the power to defeat the gods—but can she become one? Mere weeks after confronting...
- 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, 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, 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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 Namina Forna
- Middle School, Teen Fantasy, Teen Sword & Sorcery Fantasy, Young Adult
- Publication Year: 2022
The epic, hotly anticipated sequel to the instant bestseller The Gilded Ones about a girl with the power to remake her world—or destroy it. It’s been six months since Deka...
- Middle School, Teen Fantasy, Teen Prejudice and Racism, Young Adult, Young Adult Fiction
- Publication Year: 2022
Meet Naema Bradshaw: a beautiful Eloko, once Portland-famous, now infamous, as she navigates a personal and public reckoning where confronting the limits of her privilege will show Naema what her...
- Middle School, Teen Contemporary Romance, Teen Fiction on Depression & Mental Health, Teen Friendship Fiction, Young Adult
- Publication Year: 2022
New from Tashie Bhuiyan, the author of Counting Down with You, comes a sparkling YA romance about an aspiring screenwriter who falls for the indie film star who goes undercover...
- 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 June Hur
- Middle School, Young Adult, Young Adult Fiction
- Publication Year: 2022
June Hur, critically acclaimed author of The Silence of Bones and The Forest of Stolen Girls, returns with The Red Palace―a third evocative, atmospheric historical mystery perfect for fans of...
- by Thomas King
- Graphic Novels, Middle School
- Publication Year: 2021
From celebrated Indigenous author Thomas King and award-winning Métis artist Natasha Donovan comes a powerful graphic novel about a family caught between nations. Borders is a masterfully told story of...
- Middle School, Teen Fantasy, Young Adult Fiction
- Publication Year: 2021
A captivating modern fantasy about Black sirens, friendship, and self-discovery set against the challenges of today’s racism and sexism. In a society determined to keep her under lock and key,...
- 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...
- 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...
- by Namina Forna
- Middle School, Teen Fantasy, Teen Sword & Sorcery Fantasy, Young Adult
- Publication Year: 2021
The start of a bold and immersive fantasy series about identity, power, and rebellion, following a girl recruited into a deadly army after being cast out of her village. Sixteen-year-old...
- 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...
- 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...