- Iveliz explains it all, Andrea Beatriz Arango ; Alyssa Bermudez
- Another day as Emily, Eileen Spinelli ; illustrated by Joanne Lew-Vriethoff
- Stone mirrors, the sculpture and silence of Edmonia Lewis, Jeannine Atkins
- The snow fell three graves deep, voices from the Donner party, Allan Wolf
- Chlorine sky, Mahogany L. Browne
- Inside out & back again, Thanhha Lai
- Unbound, a novel in verse, by Ann E. Burg
- Heaven looks a lot like the mall, a novel by Wendy Mass
- Applesauce weather, Helen Frost ; illustrated by Amy June Bates
- When we make it, Elisabet Velasquez
- Solo, Kwame Alexander with Mary Rand Hess
- Blood moon, Lucy Cuthew
- Tilt, Ellen Hopkins
- Believarexic, JJ Johnson
- Never forgotten, by Patricia C. McKissack ; artwork by Leo & Diane Dillon
- A perfect blank, Rye Duran
- Full cicada moon, Marilyn Hilton
- Little dog, lost, Marion Dane Bauer ; illustrated by Jennifer Bell
- Booked, by Kwame Alexander
- Alone, Megan E. Freeman
- House arrest, K.A. Holt
- The door of no return, Kwame Alexander
- One, by Sarah Crossan
- Tricks, Ellen Hopkins
- When Winter Robeson came, Brenda Woods
- 500 words or less, Juleah del Rosario
- The crossover, by Kwame Alexander
- The you I've never known, Ellen Hopkins
- The watch that ends the night, voices from the Titanic, Allan Wolf
- The wild book, Margarita Engle
- Zorgamazoo, by Robert Paul Weston
- Bull, a novel by David Elliott
- Singing with elephants, Margarita Engle
- Clap when you land, Elizabeth Acevedo
- Odder, Katherine Applegate ; with illustrations by Charles Santoso
- Other words for home, Jasmine Warga
- Inside out & back again, Thanhha Lai
- Ebb & flow, Heather Smith
- Thirty talks weird love, by Alessandra Narváez Varela
- The canyon's edge, Dusti Bowling
- We are all so good at smiling, Amber McBride
- Only on the weekends, Dean Atta
- Burned, Ellen Hopkins
- African Town, Irene Latham & Charles Waters ; introduction by Joycelyn M. Davis, descendant of Clotilda survivors
- The most dazzling girl in Berlin, by Kip Wilson
- Red, white, and whole, Rajani LaRocca
- The last fifth grade of Emerson Elementary, Laura Shovan
- Rebound, by Kwame Alexander ; illustrations by Dawud Anyabwile
- Me (Moth), Amber McBride
- Like water on stone, Dana Walrath