- Garvey's choice, Nikki Grimes
- The places we sleep, Caroline Brooks DuBois
- Heaven looks a lot like the mall, a novel by Wendy Mass
- Gone fishing, a novel in verse, by Tamera Will Wissinger ; illustrated by Matthew Cordell
- Izzy Kline has butterflies, (a novel in small moments), Beth Ain
- Solo, Kwame Alexander with Mary Rand Hess
- Flipping forward twisting backward, Alma Fullerton ; illustrated by Sarah Mensinga
- Missing Mike, by Shari Green
- Booked, by Kwame Alexander
- The crossover, by Kwame Alexander
- Alone, Megan E. Freeman
- House arrest, K.A. Holt
- The door of no return, Kwame Alexander
- Like pickle juice on a cookie, by Julie Sternberg ; illustrations by Matthew Cordell
- Tricks, Ellen Hopkins
- A seed in the sun, Aida Salazar
- Flooded, requiem for Johnstown, a novel in verse by Ann E. Burg
- Grasping mysteries, girls who loved math, Jeannine Atkins
- Stitchin' and pullin', a Gee's Bend quilt, Patricia C. McKissack ; illustrated by Cozbi A. Cabrera
- Never forgotten, by Patricia C. McKissack ; artwork by Leo & Diane Dillon
- A heart like Ringo Starr, Linda Oatman High
- Impulse, Ellen Hopkins
- The language of fire, Joan of Arc reimagined, Stephanie Hemphill
- Thirty talks weird love, by Alessandra Narváez Varela
- The canyon's edge, Dusti Bowling
- In the beautiful country, Jane Kuo
- The crossover, by Kwame Alexander
- Like carrot juice on a cupcake, by Julie Sternberg ; illustrations by Matthew Cordell
- To stay alive, Mary Ann Graves and the tragic journey of the Donner Party, Skila Brown
- Odder, Katherine Applegate ; with illustrations by Charles Santoso
- Other words for home, Jasmine Warga
- Like bug juice on a burger, by Julie Sternberg ; illustrations by Matthew Cordell
- One last shot, a story of wartime photographer Gerda Taro, Kip Wilson
- Emmy in the key of code, by Aimee Lucido
- Reckless, glorious, girl, Ellen Hagan
- Inside out & back again, Thanhha Lai
- Rima's rebellion, courage in a time of tyranny, Margarita Engle
- Punching the air, written by Ibi Zoboi with Yusef Salaam ; illustrations by Omar T. Pasha
- The ghosts of Rose Hill, R.M. Romero
- Serafina's promise, a novel in verse, by Ann E. Burg
- Rebound, by Kwame Alexander ; illustrations by Dawud Anyabwile
- El crossover, by Kwame Alexander ; translated by Juan Felipe Herrera
- Me (Moth), Amber McBride
- Burned, Ellen Hopkins
- Beyond me, Annie Donwerth-Chikamatsu
- Red, white, and whole, Rajani LaRocca
- The last fifth grade of Emerson Elementary, Laura Shovan
- Where I live, by Eileen Spinelli ; illustrated by Matt Phelan
- Clap when you land, Elizabeth Acevedo
- The hunchback of Neiman Marcus, a novel about marriage, motherhood, and mayhem, Sonya Sones