- Blood moon, Lucy Cuthew
- Iveliz explains it all, Andrea Beatriz Arango ; Alyssa Bermudez
- Three things I know are true, a novel, Betty Culley
- Heaven looks a lot like the mall, a novel by Wendy Mass
- Once in a blue moon, Sharon G. Flake
- The snow fell three graves deep, voices from the Donner party, Allan Wolf
- 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
- Becoming Billie Holiday, Carole Boston Weatherford ; art by Floyd Cooper
- What about Will, Ellen Hopkins
- Full cicada moon, Marilyn Hilton
- Little dog, lost, Marion Dane Bauer ; illustrated by Jennifer Bell
- Miles Morales, suspended, Jason Reynolds ; illustrated by Zeke Peña
- Salt the water, by Candice Iloh
- Booked, by Kwame Alexander
- Amber & Clay, Laura Amy Schlitz
- The door of no return, Kwame Alexander
- Planet Middle School, Nikki Grimes
- The one and only Ruby, Katherine Applegate ; illustrated by Patricia Castelao
- Odder, Katherine Applegate ; with illustrations by Charles Santoso
- Inside out & back again, Thanhha Lai
- Other words for home, Jasmine Warga
- Burned, Ellen Hopkins
- Clap when you land, Elizabeth Acevedo
- The crossover, by Kwame Alexander
- Ode to a nobody, Caroline Brooks DuBois
- Wicked girls, a novel of the Salem witch trials, Stephanie Hemphill
- When Winter Robeson came, Brenda Woods
- When clouds touch us, Thanhhà Lại
- Rebound, by Kwame Alexander ; illustrations by Dawud Anyabwile
- Me (Moth), Amber McBride
- The canyon's edge, Dusti Bowling
- In the beautiful country, Jane Kuo
- We are all so good at smiling, Amber McBride
- 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
- Zorgamazoo, by Robert Paul Weston
- 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
- Forever is now, Mariama J. Lockington
- Long way down, Jason Reynolds
- Fallout, Ellen Hopkins
- Triangles, a novel, Ellen Hopkins
- Little cat's luck, Marion Dane Bauer ; illustrated by Jennifer A. Bell
- Impulse, Ellen Hopkins
- Shark girl, Kelly Bingham