- They call me Güero, a border kid's poems, by David Bowles
- The hope of elephants, Amanda Rawson Hill
- The poet X, a novel, by Elizabeth Acevedo
- Ode to my first car, Robin Gow
- Words with wings, Nikki Grimes
- Blood water paint, by Joy McCullough
- Rez dogs, Joseph Bruchac
- An appetite for miracles, Laekan Zea Kemp
- Hate that cat, Sharon Creech
- Fallout, Ellen Hopkins
- The crossover, by Kwame Alexander ; illustrated by Dawud Anyabwile
- Good different, Meg Eden Kuyatt
- Rima's rebellion, courage in a time of tyranny, Margarita Engle
- Forest world, Margarita Engle
- Wolfpack, Amelia Brunskill
- Traffick, Ellen Hopkins