- Inside out & back again, Thanhha Lai
- Tilt, Ellen Hopkins
- Gone fishing, a novel in verse, by Tamera Will Wissinger ; illustrated by Matthew Cordell
- Muted, Tami Charles
- Solo, Kwame Alexander with Mary Rand Hess
- Izzy Kline has butterflies, (a novel in small moments), Beth Ain
- Zorgamazoo, Robert Paul Weston
- Hidden powers, Lise Meitner's call to science, Jeannine Atkins
- When we make it, Elisabet Velasquez
- Bartholomew Biddle and the very big wind, by Gary Ross ; illustrated by Matthew Myers
- The last one, Fatima Daas ; translated from the French by Lara Vergnaud
- Iveliz explains it all, Andrea Beatriz Arango ; Alyssa Bermudez
- The one and only Ruby, Katherine Applegate ; illustrations by Patricia Castelao
- Wings in the wild, Margarita Engle
- The colors of the rain, R.L. Toalson
- Starfish, Lisa Fipps
- Perfect, Ellen Hopkins
- Flipping forward twisting backward, Alma Fullerton ; illustrated by Sarah Mensinga
- Missing Mike, by Shari Green
- Booked, by Kwame Alexander
- House arrest, K.A. Holt
- Your heart, my sky, love in a time of hunger, Margarita Engle
- Clap when you land, Elizabeth Acevedo
- Alone, Megan E. Freeman
- The door of no return, Kwame Alexander
- Salt the water, by Candice Iloh
- Other words for home, Jasmine Warga
- Dear Medusa, Olivia A. Cole
- Reckless, glorious, girl, Ellen Hagan
- Ebb & flow, Heather Smith
- When my sister started kissing, Helen Frost
- The crossover, by Kwame Alexander
- If I tell you the truth, by Jasmin Kaur
- Ode to a nobody, Caroline Brooks DuBois
- Impulse, Ellen Hopkins
- Odder, Katherine Applegate ; with illustrations by Charles Santoso
- When you know what I know, Sonja Solter
- Burying the moon, written by Andrée Poulin ; illustrations by Sonali Zohra
- An impossible thing to say, Arya Shahi
- Alone, Megan E. Freeman
- What about Will, Ellen Hopkins
- Full cicada moon, Marilyn Hilton
- Baby teeth, a novel in verse, Meg Grehan
- Miles Morales, suspended, Jason Reynolds ; illustrated by Zeke Peña
- Identical, Ellen Hopkins
- Long way down, Jason Reynolds
- Spin, Rebecca Caprara
- Stitchin' and pullin', a Gee's Bend quilt, Patricia C. McKissack ; illustrated by Cozbi A. Cabrera
- When clouds touch us, Thanhhà Lại
- Witness, Karen Hesse