- Chlorine sky, Mahogany L. Browne
- The snow fell three graves deep, voices from the Donner party, Allan Wolf
- Another day as Emily, Eileen Spinelli ; illustrated by Joanne Lew-Vriethoff
- Solo, Kwame Alexander with Mary Rand Hess
- Blood moon, Lucy Cuthew
- Iveliz explains it all, Andrea Beatriz Arango ; Alyssa Bermudez
- Heaven looks a lot like the mall, a novel by Wendy Mass
- When we make it, Elisabet Velasquez
- Inside out & back again, Thanhha Lai
- Tilt, Ellen Hopkins
- Full cicada moon, Marilyn Hilton
- A perfect blank, Rye Duran
- Little dog, lost, Marion Dane Bauer ; illustrated by Jennifer Bell
- Miles Morales, suspended, Jason Reynolds ; illustrated by Zeke Peña
- Booked, by Kwame Alexander
- House arrest, K.A. Holt
- Alone, Megan E. Freeman
- The door of no return, Kwame Alexander
- Salt the water, by Candice Iloh
- When Winter Robeson came, Brenda Woods
- When clouds touch us, Thanhhà Lại
- Never forgotten, by Patricia C. McKissack ; artwork by Leo & Diane Dillon
- The one and only Ruby, Katherine Applegate ; illustrated by Patricia Castelao
- Tricks, Ellen Hopkins
- 500 words or less, Juleah del Rosario
- Odder, Katherine Applegate ; with illustrations by Charles Santoso
- Other words for home, Jasmine Warga
- Burned, Ellen Hopkins
- Believarexic, JJ Johnson
- One last shot, a story of wartime photographer Gerda Taro, Kip Wilson
- 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
- Ebb & flow, Heather Smith
- Rebound, by Kwame Alexander ; illustrations by Dawud Anyabwile
- Me (Moth), Amber McBride
- The canyon's edge, Dusti Bowling
- Thirty talks weird love, by Alessandra Narváez Varela
- Zorgamazoo, by Robert Paul Weston
- Bull, a novel by David Elliott
- The most dazzling girl in Berlin, by Kip Wilson
- African Town, Irene Latham & Charles Waters ; introduction by Joycelyn M. Davis, descendant of Clotilda survivors
- We are all so good at smiling, Amber McBride
- Only on the weekends, Dean Atta
- Red, white, and whole, Rajani LaRocca
- The last fifth grade of Emerson Elementary, Laura Shovan
- The crossover, by Kwame Alexander ; illustrated by Dawud Anyabwile
- Nothing burns as bright as you, Ashley Woodfolk
- No matter the distance, Cindy Baldwin