- The lonely ones, Kelsey Sutton
- Grow, Juanita Havill ; illustrated by Stanislawa Kodman
- Warrior girl, Carmen Tafolla
- Once in a blue moon, Sharon G. Flake
- Mountain dog, Margarita Engle ; illustrations by Olga and Aleksey Ivanov
- Aniana del Mar jumps in, Jasminne Mendez
- We come apart, Sarah Crossan, Brian Conaghan
- Loving vs. Virginia, a documentary novel of the landmark civil rights case, Patricia Hruby Powell
- Pearl verses the world, Sally Murphy ; illustrated by Heather Potter
- Hidden powers, Lise Meitner's call to science, Jeannine Atkins
- Like pickle juice on a cookie, by Julie Sternberg ; illustrations by Matthew Cordell
- Solo, by New York times bestselling author Kwame Alexander, with Mary Rand Hess
- Worst-case Collin, Rebecca Caprara
- When my sister started kissing, Helen Frost
- Never forgotten, by Patricia C. McKissack ; artwork by Leo & Diane Dillon
- Orphaned, Eliot Schrefer ; book design and illustrations by Abby Dening
- Tilt, Ellen Hopkins
- Where I live, by Eileen Spinelli ; illustrated by Matt Phelan
- 500 words or less, Juleah del Rosario
- Collateral, a novel, Ellen Hopkins
- A slip of a girl, by Patricia Reilly Giff
- Lawless spaces, Corey Ann Haydu
- Garvey in the dark, Nikki Grimes
- Nothing burns as bright as you, Ashley Woodfolk
- Ariel crashes a train, Olivia A. Cole
- Up from the sea, Leza Lowitz
- The crossover, by Kwame Alexander
- Forget me not, Ellie Terry
- Starfish, Lisa Fipps
- African Town, Irene Latham & Charles Waters
- Only on the weekends, Dean Atta
- Call me Adnan, Reem Faruqi
- Becoming Billie Holiday, Carole Boston Weatherford ; art by Floyd Cooper
- Kin, rooted in hope, Carole Boston Weatherford ; art by Jeffery Boston Weatherford
- Other words for home, Jasmine Warga
- El crossover, por Kwame Alexander ; traducción de Juan Felipe Herrera
- Under the broken sky, Mariko Nagai
- The crossover, by Kwame Alexander ; illustrated by Dawud Anyabwile
- Lifeboat 12, based on a true story, Susan Hood
- A seed in the sun, Aida Salazar
- The firefly letters, a suffragette's journey to Cuba, Margarita Engle
- Me dicen Güero, poemas de un chavo de la frontera, David Bowles
- Hurricane dancers, the first Caribbean pirate shipwreck, Margarita Engle
- Bull, a novel by David Elliott
- Clap when you land, Elizabeth Acevedo
- Ask me how I got here, Christine Heppermann
- I am Kavi, Thushanthi Ponweera
- All the broken pieces, a novel in verse, by Ann E. Burg
- Some girls bind, Rory James
- Singing with elephants, Margarita Engle