- The snow fell three graves deep, voices from the Donner party, Allan Wolf
- Inside out & back again, Thanhha Lai
- Another day as Emily, Eileen Spinelli ; illustrated by Joanne Lew-Vriethoff
- Perfect, Ellen Hopkins
- The crossover, by Kwame Alexander
- Flipping forward twisting backward, Alma Fullerton ; illustrated by Sarah Mensinga
- Loving vs. Virginia, a documentary novel of the landmark civil rights case, by Patricia Hruby Powell ; artwork by Shadra Strickland
- Booked, by Kwame Alexander
- Amber & Clay, Laura Amy Schlitz
- The door of no return, Kwame Alexander
- Planet Middle School, Nikki Grimes
- What about Will, Ellen Hopkins
- Full cicada moon, Marilyn Hilton
- Little dog, lost, Marion Dane Bauer ; illustrated by Jennifer Bell
- Wicked girls, a novel of the Salem witch trials, Stephanie Hemphill
- When Winter Robeson came, Brenda Woods
- Hideous love, the story of the girl who wrote Frankenstein, Stephanie Hemphill
- Tricks, Ellen Hopkins
- Becoming Billie Holiday, Carole Boston Weatherford ; art by Floyd Cooper
- Iveliz explains it all, Andrea Beatriz Arango ; Alyssa Bermudez
- Glimpse, Carol Lynch Williams
- Three things I know are true, a novel, Betty Culley
- Heaven looks a lot like the mall, a novel by Wendy Mass
- Golden girl, Reem Faruqi
- Solo, Kwame Alexander with Mary Rand Hess
- Blood moon, Lucy Cuthew
- Tilt, Ellen Hopkins
- Impulse, Ellen Hopkins
- Shark girl, Kelly Bingham
- Odder, Katherine Applegate ; with illustrations by Charles Santoso
- Other words for home, Jasmine Warga
- Clap when you land, Elizabeth Acevedo
- The crossover, by Kwame Alexander
- The you I've never known, Ellen Hopkins
- Ode to a nobody, Caroline Brooks DuBois
- Booked, by Kwame Alexander
- Freakboy, Kristin Elizabeth Clark
- Smoke, Ellen Hopkins
- Burned, Ellen Hopkins
- African Town, Irene Latham & Charles Waters ; introduction by Joycelyn M. Davis, descendant of Clotilda survivors
- Home is not a country, Safia Elhillo
- Collateral, a novel, Ellen Hopkins
- Red, white, and whole, Rajani LaRocca
- Hugging the rock, Susan Taylor Brown
- Zorgamazoo, by Robert Paul Weston
- The last fifth grade of Emerson Elementary, Laura Shovan
- Long way down, Jason Reynolds
- Where I live, by Eileen Spinelli ; illustrated by Matt Phelan
- Clap when you land, Elizabeth Acevedo
- Macy McMillan and the rainbow goddess, by Shari Green