- 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
- The you I've never known, Ellen Hopkins
- Wave, Diana Farid ; art by Kris Goto
- All the fighting parts, Hannah V. Sawyerr
- Ode to my first car, Robin Gow
- On pointe, Lorie Ann Grover
- What my girlfriend doesn't know, Sonya Sones
- We are the ashes, we are the fire, Joy McCullough ; with illuminations by Maia Kobabe
- Before the ever after, Jacqueline Woodson
- Identical, Ellen Hopkins
- Enemies in the orchard, a World War 2 novel in verse, Dana VanderLugt
- Me (Moth), Amber McBride
- The poet X, a novel by Elizabeth Acevedo
- White Rose, by Kip Wilson
- We belong, Cookie Hiponia Everman ; illustrations by Abigail Dela Cruz
- The opposite of innocent, Sonya Sones
- Lifeboat 12, based on a true story, Susan Hood
- Kin, rooted in hope, Carole Boston Weatherford ; art by Jeffery Boston Weatherford
- The crossover, by Kwame Alexander ; illustrated by Dawud Anyabwile
- Louder than hunger, John Schu ; with a foreword by Kate DiCamillo
- Amber & Clay, Laura Amy Schlitz ; with illustrations by Julia Iredale
- Recipe for disaster, by Aimee Lucido
- A time to dance, Padma Venkatraman
- Warrior girl, Carmen Tafolla
- Once in a blue moon, Sharon G. Flake
- Death coming up the hill, a novel by Chris Crowe
- When clouds touch us, Thanhhà Lại
- Lawless spaces, Corey Ann Haydu
- Garvey in the dark, Nikki Grimes
- Nothing burns as bright as you, Ashley Woodfolk
- A slip of a girl, by Patricia Reilly Giff
- Where I live, by Eileen Spinelli ; illustrated by Matt Phelan
- 500 words or less, Juleah del Rosario
- Collateral, a novel, Ellen Hopkins
- Ariel crashes a train, Olivia A. Cole
- Knockout, K.A. Holt
- The snow fell three graves deep, voices from the Donner party, Allan Wolf
- Turtle under ice, Juleah Del Rosario
- Blue birds, Caroline Starr Rose
- Emmy in the key of code, by Aimee Lucido
- Other words for home, Jasmine Warga
- Under the broken sky, Mariko Nagai
- We come apart, Sarah Crossan, Brian Conaghan
- Aniana del Mar jumps in, Jasminne Mendez
- Loving vs. Virginia, a documentary novel of the landmark civil rights case, Patricia Hruby Powell
- Orphaned, Eliot Schrefer ; book design and illustrations by Abby Dening
- When my sister started kissing, Helen Frost
- Tilt, Ellen Hopkins