- Paperboy, Vince Vawter
- How high the moon, Karyn Parsons
- Stella by starlight, Sharon M. Draper
- I'm not dying with you tonight, Kimberly Jones, Gilly Segal
- Fast break, Mike Lupica
- Blended, Sharon M. Draper
- Iggie's house, Judy Blume
- Warrior on the mound, Sandra W. Headen
- Invisible son, Kim Johnson
- All American boys, Jason Reynolds, Brendan Kiely
- Skating with the Statue of Liberty, Susan Lynn Meyer
- Out of darkness, Ashley Hope PĂ©rez
- The sea in winter, Christine Day
- Cy in chains, David L. Dudley
- Riot, Walter Dean Myers
- Root magic, Eden Royce
- Fast break, Mike Lupica
- It all comes down to this, Karen English
- Dreamland burning, Jennifer Latham
- With the might of angels :, [the diary of Dawnie Rae Johnson], Andrea Davis Pinkney
- Lies we tell ourselves, Robin Talley
- I'm not dying with you tonight, Kimberly Jones, Gilly Segal
- Root magic, Eden Royce
- The lions of Little Rock, Kristin Levine
- The chupacabras of the RĂo Grande, by Adam Gidwitz & David Bowles ; illustrated by Hatem Aly
- Iggie's house, by Judy Blume ; [cover art by Melissa Sweet]
- Stella by starlight, Sharon M. Draper
- The hate u give, Angie Thomas
- The hate u give, Angie Thomas
- Sugar, Jewell Parker Rhodes ; [interior art by Neil Brigham]
- Alligator Bayou, Donna Jo Napoli
- Blended, Sharon M. Draper
- Traitor, Amanda McCrina
- The talk, Alicia D. Williams ; illustrated by Briana Mukodiri Uchendu
- Last night at the Telegraph Club, Malinda Lo
- The magical reality of Nadia, by Bassem Youssef and Catherine R. Daly ; illustrated by Douglas Holgate
- The absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian, Sherman Alexie
- You don't know everything, Jilly P!, Alex Gino
- The weight of water, Sarah Crossan
- Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster boy, by Gary D. Schmidt
- Kizzy Ann Stamps, Jeri Watts
- Running out of night, Sharon Lovejoy
- Jackie & Me, Dan Gutman
- All American boys, Jason Reynolds, Brendan Kiely
- Last night at the Telegraph Club, by Malinda Lo
- A sky full of stars, Linda Williams Jackson
- Troublemaker, John Cho with Sarah Suk
- Paperboy, Vince Vawter
- Yard war, Taylor Kitchings
- The absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian, Sherman Alexie