- See you on the other side, by Rachel Montez Minor ; illustrated by Mariyah Rahman
- Bear Island, Matthew Cordell
- Sunlight on the snow leopard, by Mary Pope Osborne ; illustrated by AG Ford
- A dog called Homeless, Sarah Lean
- Place hand here, Katie Yamasaki
- The one left behind, Willo Davis Roberts
- Remembering, Xelena González ; illustrated by Adriana Garcia
- Skating on Mars, Caroline Huntoon
- Summerlost, a novel by Ally Condie
- The rough patch, Brian Lies
- Bird, Crystal Chan
- Rain is not my Indian name, Cynthia Leitich Smith
- Slob, Ellen Potter
- Middle school, James Patterson and Chris Tebbetts ; illustrated by Laura Park, 1
- A map into the world, Kao Kalia Yang ; illustrated by Seo Kim
- Who killed Christopher Goodman?, based on a true crime, Allan Wolf
- The many worlds of Albie Bright, Christopher Edge
- The infinite questions of Dottie Bing, by Molly B. Burnham ; with illustrations by Fanny Liem
- Khali, Empty and me : a tale of friendship and loss, Azam Mahdavi ; illustrated by Maryam Tahmasebi ; translated by Parisa Saranj
- Eli over easy, Phil Stamper
- Beginners welcome, a novel by Cindy Baldwin
- The other side of blue, by Valerie O. Patterson
- A path of stars, Anne Sibley O'Brien ; [in association with the] Maine Humanities Council
- Hummingbird, Kimberly Greene Angle
- Music is a rainbow, Bryan Collier
- When mischief came to town, by Katrina Nannestad
- I wish I could tell you, Jean-François Sénéchal ; Chiaki Okada ; translations by Nick Frost and Catherine Ostiguy
- Pablo's pet, by Sheri Tan ; illustrated by Shirley Ng-Benitez
- The ghost collector, Allison Mills
- Imaginary, by Lee Bacon ; illustrations by Katy Wu
- The thing about jellyfish, Ali Benjamin
- Paws+Edward, written by Espen Dekko ; illustrated by Mari Kanstad Johnsen ; [translator, Kids Can Press] ; edited by Yvette Ghione
- Missing mommy, Rebecca Cobb
- Paradise on fire, Jewell Parker Rhodes ; illustrations by Serena Malyon
- Interrupted, a life beyond words, Rachel Coker
- Mayday, by Karen Harrington
- What if a fish, Anika Fajardo
- Ashes to Asheville, Sarah Dooley
- Mindy Kim and the yummy seaweed business, by Lyla Lee ; illustrated by Dung Ho
- Maybe tomorrow?, by Charlotte Agell ; illustrated by Ana Ramirez Gonzalez
- A garden of creatures, Sheila Heti ; pictures by Esmé Shapiro
- A green velvet secret, Vicki Grant
- Pencilvania, Stephanie Watson ; illustrated by Sofia Moore
- The bear and the wildcat, written by Kazumi Yumoto and illustrated by Komako Sakai ; translated by Cathy Hirano
- What the dog said, Randi Reisfeld with HB Gilmour
- Voyages in the underworld of Orpheus Black, Marcus Segwick, Julian Sedgwick ; illustrated by Alexis Deacon
- Calling the wind, a story of healing and hope, Trudy Ludwig ; [illustrated by] Kathryn Otoshi
- The girl with more than one heart, Laura Geringer Bass
- A home for goddesses and dogs, Leslie Connor
- A British girl's guide to hurricanes and heartbreak, Laura Taylor Namey