Middle Grade Books Published By Black Americans in Decade: 1980s

  1. The Shimmershine Queens by Camille Yarbrough
  2. The Twins Strike Back by Valerie Flournoy
  3. Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World by Mildred Pitts Walter
  4. The Mystery of Drear House (Dies Drear Chronicles, #2) by Virginia Hamilton
  5. The Golden Pasture by Joyce Carol Thomas
  6. Let the Circle Be Unbroken (Logan Family Saga, 7) by Mildred D. Taylor
  7. The Friendship (Logans, #5.5) by Mildred D. Taylor
  8. The Gold Cadillac (Logans, #7) by Mildred D. Taylor
  9. The Gift-Giver by Joyce Hansen
  10. Yellow Bird and Me by Joyce Hansen
  11. Which Way Freedom? by Joyce Hansen
  12. Dustland by Virginia Hamilton
  13. The Gathering by Virginia Hamilton
  14. The Bells of Christmas by Virginia Hamilton
  15. Forever Friends by Candy Dawson Boyd