- We are all so good at smiling, Amber McBride
- American ace, Marilyn Nelson
- Only on the weekends, Dean Atta
- African Town, Irene Latham & Charles Waters ; introduction by Joycelyn M. Davis, descendant of Clotilda survivors
- The most dazzling girl in Berlin, by Kip Wilson
- Red, white, and whole, Rajani LaRocca
- The last fifth grade of Emerson Elementary, Laura Shovan
- Shakespeare makes the playoffs, Ron Koertge
- In the beautiful country, Jane Kuo
- No matter the distance, Cindy Baldwin
- Knockout, K.A. Holt
- Beauty mark, a verse novel of Marilyn Monroe, Carole Boston Weatherford
- Forever is now, Mariama J. Lockington
- God got a dog, Cynthia Rylant and Marla Frazee
- Gone camping, a novel in verse, by Tamera Will Wissinger ; illustrated by Matthew Cordell
- The last fifth grade of Emerson Elementary, Laura Shovan
- Dear Mothman, Robin Gow
- Fallout, Ellen Hopkins
- Identical, Ellen Hopkins
- The crossover, by Kwame Alexander ; illustrated by Dawud Anyabwile
- Love, dishonor, marry, die, cherish, perish, a novel, David Rakoff
- Little cat's luck, Marion Dane Bauer ; illustrated by Jennifer A. Bell
- The order of things, Kaija Langley
- Nothing burns as bright as you, Ashley Woodfolk
- The red pencil, by Andrea Davis Pinkney ; illustrated by Shane W. Evans
- Mountain dog, Margarita Engle ; illustrations by Olga and Aleksey Ivanov
- Long way down, Jason Reynolds
- The lightning dreamer, Cuba's greatest abolitionist, Margarita Engle
- Kin, rooted in hope, Carole Boston Weatherford ; art by Jeffery Boston Weatherford
- Hate that cat, Sharon Creech
- Words with wings, Nikki Grimes
- Blood water paint, by Joy McCullough
- Alma presses play, Tina Cane
- Good different, Meg Eden Kuyatt
- The poet X, a novel, by Elizabeth Acevedo
- Like a hurricane, Jonathan Bécotte ; translated by Jonathan Kaplansky
- Punching the air, written by Ibi Zoboi with Yusef Salaam ; illustrations by Omar T. Pasha
- When you ask me where I'm going, by Jasmin Kaur
- After the river the sun, Dia Calhoun
- The ghosts of Rose Hill, R.M. Romero
- Mirror to mirror, Rajani LaRocca
- Serafina's promise, a novel in verse, by Ann E. Burg
- The black flamingo, Dean Atta
- Wolfpack, Amelia Brunskill