- Perfect, Ellen Hopkins
- Flipping forward twisting backward, Alma Fullerton ; illustrated by Sarah Mensinga
- Missing Mike, by Shari Green
- Booked, by Kwame Alexander
- Your heart, my sky, love in a time of hunger, Margarita Engle
- Clap when you land, Elizabeth Acevedo
- Alone, Megan E. Freeman
- House arrest, K.A. Holt
- The door of no return, Kwame Alexander
- What about Will, Ellen Hopkins
- Full cicada moon, Marilyn Hilton
- Baby teeth, a novel in verse, Meg Grehan
- Tricks, Ellen Hopkins
- Witness, Karen Hesse
- Forget me not, Ellie Terry
- A seed in the sun, Aida Salazar
- Tilt, Ellen Hopkins
- Gone fishing, a novel in verse, by Tamera Will Wissinger ; illustrated by Matthew Cordell
- Zorgamazoo, Robert Paul Weston
- Muted, Tami Charles
- Inside out & back again, Thanhha Lai
- Loving vs. Virginia, a documentary novel of the landmark civil rights case, by Patricia Hruby Powell ; artwork by Shadra Strickland
- The colors of the rain, R.L. Toalson
- Izzy Kline has butterflies, (a novel in small moments), Beth Ain
- Solo, Kwame Alexander with Mary Rand Hess
- Unbound, a novel in verse, by Ann E. Burg
- Hidden powers, Lise Meitner's call to science, Jeannine Atkins
- If I tell you the truth, by Jasmin Kaur
- When we make it, Elisabet Velasquez
- Bartholomew Biddle and the very big wind, by Gary Ross ; illustrated by Matthew Myers
- Long way down, Jason Reynolds
- Identical, Ellen Hopkins
- Stitchin' and pullin', a Gee's Bend quilt, Patricia C. McKissack ; illustrated by Cozbi A. Cabrera
- Smoke, Ellen Hopkins
- Girls like me, by Lola StVil
- Never forgotten, by Patricia C. McKissack ; artwork by Leo & Diane Dillon
- The last one, Fatima Daas ; translated from the French by Lara Vergnaud
- Three things I know are true, a novel, Betty Culley
- Other words for home, Jasmine Warga
- Reckless, glorious, girl, Ellen Hagan
- Inside out & back again, Thanhha Lai
- Ebb & flow, Heather Smith
- When my sister started kissing, Helen Frost
- Odder, Katherine Applegate ; with illustrations by Charles Santoso
- Other words for home, Jasmine Warga
- Gone camping, a novel in verse, by Tamera Will Wissinger ; illustrated by Matthew Cordell
- The last fifth grade of Emerson Elementary, Laura Shovan
- We are all so good at smiling, Amber McBride
- African Town, Irene Latham & Charles Waters ; introduction by Joycelyn M. Davis, descendant of Clotilda survivors
- The most dazzling girl in Berlin, by Kip Wilson