Middle Grade Books Published By Black Americans in Decade: 1980s
- The Shimmershine Queens by Camille Yarbrough
- The Twins Strike Back by Valerie Flournoy
- Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World by Mildred Pitts Walter
- The Mystery of Drear House (Dies Drear Chronicles, #2) by Virginia Hamilton
- The Golden Pasture by Joyce Carol Thomas
- Let the Circle Be Unbroken (Logan Family Saga, 7) by Mildred D. Taylor
- The Friendship (Logans, #5.5) by Mildred D. Taylor
- The Gold Cadillac (Logans, #7) by Mildred D. Taylor
- The Gift-Giver by Joyce Hansen
- Yellow Bird and Me by Joyce Hansen
- Which Way Freedom? by Joyce Hansen
- Dustland by Virginia Hamilton
- The Gathering by Virginia Hamilton
- The Bells of Christmas by Virginia Hamilton
- Forever Friends by Candy Dawson Boyd