- Me (Moth), Amber McBride
- Enemies in the orchard, a World War 2 novel in verse, Dana VanderLugt
- Prince Puggly of Spud, and the Kingdom of Spiff, Robert Paul Weston ; [illustrations by Víctor Rivas Villa]
- Samira surfs, Rukhsanna Guidroz ; illustrations by Fahmida Azim
- We belong, Cookie Hiponia Everman ; illustrations by Abigail Dela Cruz
- The poet X, a novel by Elizabeth Acevedo
- White Rose, by Kip Wilson
- On pointe, Lorie Ann Grover
- Ode to my first car, Robin Gow
- We are the ashes, we are the fire, Joy McCullough ; with illuminations by Maia Kobabe
- Wave, Diana Farid ; art by Kris Goto
- Before the ever after, Jacqueline Woodson
- What my girlfriend doesn't know, Sonya Sones
- The you I've never known, Ellen Hopkins
- Identical, Ellen Hopkins
- Amiri and Odette, a love story, poem by Walter Dean Myers ; paintings by Javaka Steptoe
- Loving vs. Virginia, a documentary novel of the landmark civil rights case, by Patricia Hruby Powell ; artwork by Shadra Strickland
- A girl named Mister, Nikki Grimes
- Beyond me, Annie Donwerth-Chikamatsu
- All the fighting parts, Hannah V. Sawyerr
- Turtle under ice, Juleah Del Rosario
- Knockout, K.A. Holt
- The snow fell three graves deep, voices from the Donner party, Allan Wolf
- Blue birds, Caroline Starr Rose
- Miss Emily, Burleigh Mutén ; illustrated by Matt Phelan
- Emmy in the key of code, by Aimee Lucido
- People kill people, Ellen Hopkins
- The door of no return, Kwame Alexander
- Salt the water, by Candice Iloh
- To stay alive, Mary Ann Graves and the tragic journey of the Donner Party, Skila Brown
- The bird in me flies, Sara Lundberg ; translated by B.J. Epstein ; afterword by Alexandra Sunqvist
- Looking for me, Betsy R. Rosenthal
- Your heart, my sky, love in a time of hunger, Margarita Engle
- Land of broken promises, Jane Kuo
- Crank, Ellen Hopkins
- Chlorine sky, Mahogany L. Browne
- October mourning, a song for Matthew Shepard, Lesléa Newman
- And then, boom!, Lisa Fipps
- Recipe for disaster, by Aimee Lucido
- The opposite of innocent, Sonya Sones
- Little cat's luck, Marion Dane Bauer ; illustrated by Jennifer A. Bell
- Amber & Clay, Laura Amy Schlitz ; with illustrations by Julia Iredale
- A time to dance, Padma Venkatraman
- When clouds touch us, Thanhhà Lại
- Death coming up the hill, a novel by Chris Crowe
- Louder than hunger, John Schu ; with a foreword by Kate DiCamillo
- Red, white, and whole, Rajani LaRocca
- Little dog lost, Marion Dane Bauer ; with illustrations by Jennifer Bell
- With a star in my hand, Rubén Darío, poetry hero, Margarita Engle
- Home of the brave, Katherine Applegate