- Ways to share joy, Renée Watson ; illustrated by Andrew Grey
- Just Jaime, Terri Libenson
- Zuri Ray tries ballet, written by Tami Charles ; illustrated by Sharon Sordo
- Friends are friends, forever, written by Dane Liu ; illustrated by Lynn Scurfield
- Many points of me, Caroline Gertler ; illustrations by Vesper Stamper
- Beetle boy, by M. G. Leonard
- Granny Torrelli makes soup, Sharon Creech ; drawings by Chris Raschka
- Agnes and Clarabelle, by Adele Griffin and Courtney Sheinmel ; illustrated by Sara Palacios
- Bug and Bear, by Ann Bonwill ; illustrated by Layn Marlow
- The great Louweezie, by Erica S. Perl ; illustrated by Chris Chatterton
- Jinxed, Amy McCulloch
- I speak boy, Jessica Brody
- Manatee summer, Evan Griffith
- Freckleface Strawberry, backpacks!, by Julianne Moore ; illustrated by LeUyen Pham
- Only only Marisol Rainey, Erin Entrada Kelly
- Reading Beauty, Kimberly Long Cockroft ; illustrated by Mary Grace Corpus
- Sleepover with Beatrice & Bear, Mônica Carnesi
- Moving Day, Meg Cabot
- How to cheat a dragon's curse, by Cressida Cowell
- Misty, by Christine Dencer ; illustrated by Jessica Meserve
- Epically earnest, by Molly Horan
- Throwaway girls, by Andrea Contos
- Somebody that I used to know, a novel, Dana L. Davis
- The honest truth, Dan Gemeinhart
- Supergifted, Gordon Korman
- Coco, my delicious life, by Kyla May
- Dead voices, Katherine Arden
- Aim high, by Shawn Pryor ; illustrated by Diego Funck
- Alone, Megan E. Freeman
- Keep it together, Keiko Carter, Debbi Michiko Florence
- Andy & Sandy's anything adventure, Tomie dePaola, cowritten with Jim Lewis
- Fly Guy's ninja Christmas, Tedd Arnold
- Emma Kate, Patricia Polacco
- Loveless, Alice Oseman
- Mistletoe, a Christmas story, by Tad Hills
- My new friend is so fun!, by Mo Willems
- The best friend plan, by Stephanie Calmenson and Joanna Cole ; illustrated by James Burks
- A little bit brave, Nicola Kinnear
- An unsinkable ship, written by Steve Brezenoff ; illustrated by Scott Murphy
- Ivy + Bean take the case, written by Annie Barrows ; illustrated by Sophie Blackall
- Cyril and Pat, Emily Gravett
- Nancy Clancy seeks a fortune, written by Jane O'Connor ; illustrations by Robin Preiss Glasser
- Absolute hero, Valerie Tripp ; illustrated by Geneva Bowers
- The great Greene heist, Varian Johnson
- Stowaways, written by Steve Brezenoff ; illustrated by Scott Murphy
- What we saw, a thriller, Mary Downing Hahn
- Clarinet & trumpet, Melanie Ellsworth ; illustrated by John Herzog
- Break, by Kayla Miller
- Rayne & Delilah's Midnite Matinee, Jeff Zentner
- The last present, Wendy Mass