- Locomotion, Jacqueline Woodson
- The Dancing Pancake, Eileen Spinelli ; illustrated by Joanne Lew-Vriethoff
- We belong, Cookie Hiponia Everman ; illustrations by Abigail Dela Cruz
- The door of no return, Kwame Alexander
- The poet X, a novel by Elizabeth Acevedo
- Ronit & Jamil, Pamela L. Laskin
- The crossover, by Kwame Alexander ; illustrated by Dawud Anyabwile, Book 1
- Witness, Karen Hesse
- Ode to a nobody, Caroline Brooks DuBois
- Unsettled, Reem Faruqi
- The red pencil, by Andrea Davis Pinkney ; illustrated by Shane W. Evans
- Solo, by New York times bestselling author Kwame Alexander, with Mary Rand Hess
- Me (Moth), Amber McBride
- The you I've never known, Ellen Hopkins
- The door of no return, Kwame Alexander
- Closer to nowhere, Ellen Hopkins
- Miles Morales, suspended, Jason Reynolds ; illustrated by Zeke Peña
- Long way down, Jason Reynolds
- Before the ever after, Jacqueline Woodson
- Other words for home, Jasmine Warga
- Like carrot juice on a cupcake, by Julie Sternberg ; illustrations by Matthew Cordell
- Ædnan, an epic, Linnea Axelsson ; translated from Swedish by Saskia Vogel
- Serendipity & me, by Judith L. Roth
- The road to after, written and illustrated by Rebekah Lowell
- The crossover, by Kwame Alexander ; illustrated by Dawud Anyabwile, Book 2
- Coaltown Jesus, Ron Koertge
- Red, white, and whole, Rajani LaRocca
- American ace, by Marilyn Nelson
- Love that dog, by Sharon Creech
- Rebound, by Kwame Alexander ; illustrations by Dawud Anyabwile
- Something like home, Andrea Beatriz Arango
- The last one, Fatima Daas ; translated from the French by Lara Vergnaud
- Emmy in the key of code, by Aimee Lucido
- Alone, Megan E. Freeman
- Ariel crashes a train, Olivia A. Cole
- Turtle under ice, Juleah Del Rosario
- Ghosting, Edith Pattou
- To stay alive, Mary Ann Graves and the tragic journey of the Donner Party, Skila Brown
- Golden girl, Reem Faruqi
- Hate that cat, Sharon Creech
- No matter the distance, Cindy Baldwin
- Tricks, Ellen Hopkins
- Rain rising, Courtne Comrie
- Amber & Clay, Laura Amy Schlitz ; with illustrations by Julia Iredale
- T4, a novel in verse, by Ann Clare LeZotte
- Forever is now, Mariama J. Lockington
- The moon within, Aida Salazar
- Poguemahone, Patrick McCabe
- Audacity, Melanie Crowder
- Sakura's cherry blossoms, Robert Paul Weston ; Misa Saburi