- A sitting in St. James, Rita Williams-Garcia
- Wrath of the storm, Jennifer A. Nielsen
- Show way, by Jacqueline Woodson ; illustrated by Hudson Talbott
- Freedom's wings, Corey's diary, by Sharon Dennis Wyeth
- The deep blue between, Ayesha Harruna Attah
- Uncle Tom's cabin;, or, Life among the lowly, by Harriet Beecher Stowe
- Addy saves the day, a summer story, by Connie Porter ; illustrations, Bradford Brown ; vignettes, Renée Graef, Geri Strigenz Bourget
- Henry's freedom box, by Ellen Levine ; illustrated by Kadir Nelson
- The bitter side of sweet, Tara Sullivan
- She would be king, Wayétu Moore
- The astonishing life of Octavian Nothing, traitor to the nation : taken from accounts by his own hand and other sundry sources, collected by M.T. Anderson of Boston, Vol. 1
- Elijah of Buxton, Christopher Paul Curtis
- Freedom over me, eleven slaves, their lives and dreams brought to life, by Ashley Bryan
- The escape of Oney Judge, Emily Arnold McCully
- Search for the Astral Dragon, Bryan Davis
- Washington Black, a novel, by Esi Edugyan
- The kingdom on the waves, M.T. Anderson
- Addy's wedding quilt, by Connie Porter ; illustrations, Dahl Taylor ; vignettes, Susan McAliley
- Meet Addy, an American girl, by Connie Porter ; illustrations, Melodye Rosales ; vignettes, Renée Graef and Luann Roberts
- Washington Black, Esi Edugyan
- A crack in the sea, H.M. Bouwman
- Tennessee Rose, Jane Kendall ; illustrated by Astrid Sheckels
- Freewater, Amina Luqman-Dawson
- The winner's curse, a novel by Marie Rutkoski
- Long road to freedom, Kate Messner ; illustrated by Kelley McMorris
- Abraham Lincoln, letters from a slave girl, by Andrea Davis Pinkney
- Chasing freedom, the life journeys of Harriet Tubman and Susan B. Anthony, inspired by historical facts, by Nikki Grimes ; illustrated by Michele Wood
- Message in the sky, by Sharon Dennis Wyeth
- Under a painted sky, Stacey Lee
- Crossing Bok Chitto, a Choctaw tale of friendship & freedom, by Tim Tingle ; illustrated by Jeanne Rorex Bridges
- A picture of Freedom, the diary of Clotee, a slave girl, Belmont Plantation, Virginia, 1859, by Patricia C. McKissack
- The legend of Freedom Hill, Linda Jacobs Altman ; illustrated by Cornelius Van Wright & Ying-Hwa Hu
- Sweet Clara and the freedom quilt, by Deborah Hopkinson ; illustrated by James Ransome
- The adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain
- Return of the dragon slayers, Brandon Mull ; illustrated by Brandon Dorman
- The journey of little Charlie, Christopher Paul Curtis
- Ashes, Laurie Halse Anderson
- The bell rang, James E. Ransome
- Born on the water, by Nikole Hannah-Jones and Renée Watson ; illustrated by Nikkolas Smith
- Chains, Laurie Halse Anderson
- The American daughters, a novel, Maurice Carlos Ruffin
- Homegoing, a novel, Yaa Gyasi
- The story of Kullervo, J.R.R. Tolkien ; edited by Verlyn Flieger
- Thick as thieves, a Queen's thief novel, Megan Whalen Turner
- Mark of the thief, by Jennifer A. Nielsen
- The cellar, Minette Walters
- Summer in Savannah, by Christine Platt ; illustrated by Sharon Sordo
- All different now, Juneteenth, the first day of freedom, Angela Johnson ; illustrated by E.B. Lewis
- North by night, a story of the Underground Railroad, Katherine Ayres
- Charlotte spies for justice, a Civil War survival story, by Nikki Shannon Smith ; illustrated by Alessia Trunfio