- Where the watermelons grow, Cindy Baldwin
- Charlie & Frog, a mystery, Karen Kane
- She loves you, she loves you not--, a novel, by Julie Anne Peters
- In honor of broken things, Paul Acampora
- The astonishing maybe, Shaunta Grimes
- Tilt, Ellen Hopkins
- Raymie Nightingale, Kate DiCamillo
- Earth to Dad, by Krista Van Dolzer
- Things we couldn't say, Jay Coles
- Halfway normal, Barbara Dee
- Heretics Anonymous, Katie Henry
- The chaos of stars, Kiersten White
- How to steal a dog, a novel by Barbara O'Connor
- Starfish, Akemi Dawn Bowman
- The orphan band of Springdale, Anne Nesbet
- The astonishing maybe, Shaunta Grimes
- For black girls like me, Mariama J. Lockington
- The jigsaw jungle, Kristin Levine
- Nellie's promise, by Valerie Tripp ; illustrations, Dan Andreasen ; vignettes, Susan McAliley
- The turning pointe, Vanessa L. Torres
- Sunny, Jason Reynolds
- Middle school, the worst years of my life, James Patterson and Chris Tebbetts
- Confessions of a serial kisser, Wendelin Van Draanen
- Switch, by A.S. King
- Harbor me, Jacqueline Woodson
- Leaving Lymon, Lesa Cline-Ransome
- Tiger daughter, Rebecca Lim
- From north to south, story, René Colato Laínez ; illustrations, Joe Cepeda = Del norte al sur / cuento, René Colato Laínez ; iIlustraciones, Joe Cepeda
- Genesis begins again, Alicia D. Williams
- Twisted, Laurie Halse Anderson
- Dear Justyce, Nic Stone
- Time bomb, by Joelle Charbonneau
- The land of forgotten girls, by Erin Entrada Kelly
- Absolutely, positively Natty, Lisa Greenwald
- Ramona and her father, Beverly Cleary ; illustrated by Alan Tiegreen
- The gravity of us, Phil Stamper
- The astonishing maybe, Shaunta Grimes
- Middle school, get me out of here!, James Patterson and Chris Tebbetts ; illustrated by Laura Park
- When we collided, Emery Lord
- No one here is lonely, Sarah Everett
- Tricks, Ellen Hopkins
- Dig., by A.S. King
- Train I ride, Paul Mosier
- The science of breakable things, Tae Keller
- White fur flying, Patricia MacLachlan
- Stuntboy, in the meantime, by Jason Reynolds ; drawings by Raúl the Third
- Heartbreak symphony, Laekan Zea Kemp
- Salt the water, by Candice Iloh
- Harbor me, Jacqueline Woodson
- Counting to perfect, Suzanne LaFleur