- Cirque du freak, the saga of Darren Shan, by Darren Shan
- Lea leads the way, by Lisa Yee ; illustrations by Sarah Davis
- Crash, Jerry Spinelli
- Bizzy Mizz Lizzie, David Shannon
- Rumors, a luxe novel, Anna Godbersen
- Addy saves the day, a summer story, by Connie Porter ; illustrations, Bradford Brown ; vignettes, Renée Graef, Geri Strigenz Bourget
- First love, James Patterson and Emily Raymond
- Heidi Heckelbeck casts a spell, by Wanda Coven ; illustrated by Priscilla Burris
- The McNifficents, written by Amy Makechnie
- I hunt killers, Barry Lyga
- Dope sick, Walter Dean Myers
- The Gingerbread Man and the leprechaun loose at school, Laura Murray ; illustrated by Mike Lowery
- Middle school, get me out of here!, James Patterson and Chris Tebbetts ; illustrated by Laura Park
- Leap of faith, Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
- Hi, Jack!, Mac Barnett & Greg Pizzoli
- Sourpuss and sweetie pie, story by Norton Juster ; pictures by Chris Raschka
- Olivia the spy, written and illustrated by Ian Falconer
- Smoke in the sun, Renée Ahdieh
- The Final Four, Paul Volponi
- City spies, by James Ponti
- Substitute Creacher, Chris Gall
- Every little kindness, Marta Bartolj
- Potterwookiee, Obert Skye
- Maisy's big book of kindness, Lucy Cousins
- Dead end in Norvelt, Jack Gantos
- Mr. Nogginbody and the childish child, David Shannon
- 15 secrets to survival, Natalie D. Richards
- Mr. Pants, slacks, camera, action!, words by Scott McCormick ; pictures by R.H. Lazzell
- Force out, Tim Green
- How do dinosaurs say merry Christmas?, Jane Yolen ; illustrated by Mark Teague
- The cool bean, written by Jory John ; illustrations by Pete Oswald
- How do dinosaurs say I love you?, Jane Yolen ; illustrated by Mark Teague
- Big Nate, by Lincoln Peirce
- People share with people, Lisa Wheeler ; illustrated by Molly Idle
- Sugar and spice, an L.A. candy novel, Lauren Conrad
- Wolf Hollow, a novel by Lauren Wolk
- How do dinosaurs say happy Chanukah?, Jane Yolen ; illustrated by Mark Teague
- I'm sorry, by Gina and Mercer Mayer
- No is all i know, Chris Grabenstein ; pictures by Leo Espinosa
- Kind, written by Alison Green ; with a forword by Axel Scheffler ; [and pictures by 38 kind illustrators]
- Big Nate, in a class by himself, Lincoln Peirce
- The good egg, from the creators of The bad seed Jory John and Pete Oswald
- Barely missing everything, Matt Méndez
- Letters to live by, an alphabet book with intention, written by Lisa Frenkel Riddiough ; illustrated by Åsa Gilland
- When you have to wait, written by Melanie Conklin ; illustrated by Leah Hong
- The cutest brave little bunny, Joy Steuerwald
- The magic misfits, by Neil Patrick Harris & Alec Azam ; story artistry by Lissy Marlin ; how-to magic art by Kyle Hilton
- The Christmas mitzvah, by Jeff Gottesfeld ; illustrated by Michelle Laurentia Agatha
- On thin ice, by Michael Northrop
- The brain storm, unwritten by Linda Ragsdale ; illustrated by Claudio Molina