- The shadows between us, Tricia Levenseller
- SumoKitty, David Biedrzycki
- A voice named Aretha, Katheryn Russell-Brown ; illustrated by Laura Freeman
- Snail crossing, Corey R. Tabor
- Woke, a young poet's call to justice, Mahogany L. Browne, with Elizabeth Acevedo and Olivia Gatwood ; foreword by Jason Reynolds ; illustrated by Theodore Taylor III
- Winterwood, Shea Ernshaw
- A wolf called Wander, Rosanne Parry ; illustrations by Mónica Armiño
- Scouts, Shannon Greenland ; foreword by James Patterson
- Black brother, black brother, by Jewell Parker Rhodes
- Searching for Lottie, Susan L. Ross
- Pay attention, Carter Jones, Gary Schmidt
- The grace year, Kim Liggett
- Stay, Bobbie Pyron
- Hello from Renn Lake, Michele Weber Hurwitz
- Carl and the meaning of life, Deborah Freedman
- The proudest blue, a story of hijab and family, Ibtihaj Muhammad with S. K. Ali ; art by Hatem Aly
- Jane Anonymous, Laurie Faria Stolarz
- Heroine, Mindy McGinnis
- Nightbooks, J.A. White
- Girls like us, Randi Pink
- Other words for home, Jasmine Warga
- The only black girls in town, Brandy Colbert
- Don't date Rosa Santos, Nina Moreno
- The Mystwick School of Musicraft, by Jessica Khoury ; illustrated by Federica Frenna
- Parkland, birth of a movement, Dave Cullen
- Break the fall, Jennifer Iacopelli
- I know you remember, Jennifer Donaldson
- On thin ice, by Michael Northrop
- Madeline Finn and the shelter dog, Lisa Papp
- All the impossible things, Lindsay Lackey
- Some places more than others, Renée Watson
- Nobody hugs a cactus, Carter Goodrich
- 96 miles, J.L. Esplin
- Song for a whale, Lynne Kelly
- Things you can't say, Jenn Bishop
- When I was summer, J.B. Howard
- Packs, strength in numbers, Hannah Salyer
- Stamped, racism, antiracism, and you, written by Jason Reynolds ; adapted from Stamped from the beginning by and with an introduction from Ibram X. Kendi
- Guest, a changeling tale, Mary Downing Hahn
- Tristan Strong punches a hole in the sky, Kwame Mbalia
- This book is gray, Lindsay Ward
- The bridge home, Padma Venkatraman
- Accused!, the trials of the Scottsboro Boys : lies, prejudice, and the Fourteenth Amendment, Larry Dane Brimmer
- The light in hidden places, a novel based on the true story of Stefania Podgórska, Sharon Cameron
- Five midnights, Ann Dávila Cardinal
- Wildfire, a novel, Rodman Philbrick
- Finding Orion, John David Anderson
- More to the story, Hena Khan, author of Amina's voice
- Running wild, Lucy Jane Bledsoe
- From the desk of Zoe Washington, Janae Marks