- Golden girl, Reem Faruqi
- Solo, Kwame Alexander with Mary Rand Hess
- Blood moon, Lucy Cuthew
- Loving vs. Virginia, a documentary novel of the landmark civil rights case, by Patricia Hruby Powell ; artwork by Shadra Strickland
- Red butterfly, A.L. Sonnichsen ; illustrated by Amy June Bates
- Perfect, Ellen Hopkins
- Flipping forward twisting backward, Alma Fullerton ; illustrated by Sarah Mensinga
- Some girls bind, Rory James
- Muted, Tami Charles
- Chlorine sky, Mahogany L. Browne
- Unbound, a novel in verse, by Ann E. Burg
- Rain rising, Courtne Comrie
- Ronit & Jamil, Pamela L. Laskin
- Garvey's choice, Nikki Grimes
- Three things I know are true, a novel, Betty Culley
- Rebound, by Kwame Alexander ; illustrations by Dawud Anyabwile
- Emmy in the key of code, by Aimee Lucido
- The door of no return, Kwame Alexander
- The canyon's edge, Dusti Bowling
- In the beautiful country, Jane Kuo
- The crossover, by Kwame Alexander
- Somewhere among, Annie Donwerth-Chikamatsu
- The you I've never known, Ellen Hopkins
- Ode to a nobody, Caroline Brooks DuBois
- What about Will, Ellen Hopkins
- Full cicada moon, Marilyn Hilton
- The day before, Lisa Schroeder
- The red pencil, by Andrea Davis Pinkney ; illustrated by Shane W. Evans
- Here is the beehive, a novel, Sarah Crossan
- Lawless spaces, Corey Ann Haydu
- Singing with elephants, Margarita Engle
- Girls like me, by Lola StVil
- Identical, Ellen Hopkins
- When Winter Robeson came, Brenda Woods
- The Lehman trilogy, a novel, Stefano Massini ; translated from the Italian by Richard Dixon
- Long way down, Jason Reynolds
- The magical imperfect, Chris Baron
- Rumble, Ellen Hopkins
- Sanctuary somewhere, Brenna Dimmig
- D-39, a robodog's journey, Irene Latham ; illustrated by Jamie Green
- One, by Sarah Crossan
- Tricks, Ellen Hopkins
- A seed in the sun, Aida Salazar
- Becoming Billie Holiday, Carole Boston Weatherford ; art by Floyd Cooper
- Booked, by Kwame Alexander
- Alone, Megan E. Freeman
- Like pickle juice on a cookie, by Julie Sternberg ; illustrations by Matthew Cordell
- Reckless, glorious, girl, Ellen Hagan
- Inside out & back again, Thanhha Lai
- 500 words or less, Juleah del Rosario