- Once in a blue moon, Sharon G. Flake
- Rain rising, Courtne Comrie
- Ronit & Jamil, Pamela L. Laskin
- Inside out & back again, Thanhha Lai
- Garvey's choice, Nikki Grimes
- Booked, by Kwame Alexander
- Alone, Megan E. Freeman
- Salt the water, by Candice Iloh
- Like pickle juice on a cookie, by Julie Sternberg ; illustrations by Matthew Cordell
- Perfect, Ellen Hopkins
- Flipping forward twisting backward, Alma Fullerton ; illustrated by Sarah Mensinga
- A seed in the sun, Aida Salazar
- Becoming Billie Holiday, Carole Boston Weatherford ; art by Floyd Cooper
- The day before, Lisa Schroeder
- What about Will, Ellen Hopkins
- Miles Morales, suspended, Jason Reynolds ; illustrated by Zeke Peña
- Hourglass, Keiran Goddard
- Chlorine sky, Mahogany L. Browne
- Identical, Ellen Hopkins
- Spin, Rebecca Caprara
- When Winter Robeson came, Brenda Woods
- When clouds touch us, Thanhhà Lại
- Solo, Kwame Alexander with Mary Rand Hess
- Golden girl, Reem Faruqi
- Blood moon, Lucy Cuthew
- Loving vs. Virginia, a documentary novel of the landmark civil rights case, by Patricia Hruby Powell ; artwork by Shadra Strickland
- Wings in the wild, Margarita Engle
- Red butterfly, A.L. Sonnichsen ; illustrated by Amy June Bates
- Rebound, by Kwame Alexander ; illustrations by Dawud Anyabwile
- Land of broken promises, Jane Kuo
- Emmy in the key of code, by Aimee Lucido
- Reckless, glorious, girl, Ellen Hagan
- Odder, Katherine Applegate ; with illustrations by Charles Santoso
- Other words for home, Jasmine Warga
- The one and only Ruby, Katherine Applegate ; illustrated by Patricia Castelao
- 500 words or less, Juleah del Rosario
- Dreaming of you, a novel in verse, Melissa Lozada-Oliva
- Somewhere among, Annie Donwerth-Chikamatsu
- The crossover, by Kwame Alexander
- The you I've never known, Ellen Hopkins
- Ode to a nobody, Caroline Brooks DuBois
- Red, white, and whole, Rajani LaRocca
- The last fifth grade of Emerson Elementary, Laura Shovan
- The door of no return, Kwame Alexander
- The canyon's edge, Dusti Bowling
- In the beautiful country, Jane Kuo
- One, Sarah Crossan
- One last shot, a story of wartime photographer Gerda Taro, Kip Wilson
- Rumble, Ellen Hopkins
- D-39, a robodog's journey, Irene Latham ; illustrated by Jamie Green