- Loving vs. Virginia, a documentary novel of the landmark civil rights case, by Patricia Hruby Powell ; artwork by Shadra Strickland
- Burying the moon, written by Andrée Poulin ; illustrated by Sonali Zohra
- The poet X, a novel, by Elizabeth Acevedo
- Long way down, Jason Reynolds
- Moo, Sharon Creech
- Smoke, Ellen Hopkins
- They call me Güero, a border kid's poems, by David Bowles
- Roots and blues, a celebration, Arnold Adoff ; paintings by R. Gregory Christie
- The one thing you'd save, by Linda Sue Park ; illustrated by Robert Sae-Heng
- Missing Mike, by Shari Green
- Golden girl, Reem Faruqi
- 5 to 1, a novel, Holly Bodger
- Mountain dog, Margarita Engle ; illustrations by Olga & Aleksey Ivanov
- Unbound, a novel in verse, Ann E. Burg
- When Winter Robeson came, Brenda Woods
- Addie on the inside, James Howe
- Clap when you land, Elizabeth Acevedo
- Eugene Onegin, a novel in verse by Aleksandr Pushkin ; translated and with an introduction by Vladimir Nabokov ; with a foreword by Brian Boyd
- Hidden, Helen Frost
- Other words for home, Jasmine Warga
- Swing, Kwame Alexander with Mary Rand Hess
- The crossover, by Kwame Alexander ; illustrated by Dawud Anyabwile
- Muted, Tami Charles
- To be perfectly honest, a novel based on an untrue story, Sonya Sones
- Rebound, by Kwame Alexander ; illustrations by Dawud Anyabwile
- Amber & Clay, Laura Amy Schlitz ; with illustrations by Julia Iredale
- Little cat's luck, Marion Dane Bauer ; illustrations by Jennifer A. Bell
- Unlocked, Ryan G. Van Cleave
- Solo, Kwame Alexander with Mary Rand Hess
- Red doc>, Anne Carson
- Moonrise, Sarah Crossan
- Charlotte, David Foenkinos ; translated from the French by Sam Taylor
- Rez dogs, Joseph Bruchac
- Forest world, Margarita Engle
- Words with wings, Nikki Grimes
- Lifeboat 12, based on a true story, Susan Hood
- Perfect, Ellen Hopkins
- We belong, Cookie Hiponia Everman ; illustrations by Abigail Dela Cruz
- The poet X, a novel, by Elizabeth Acevedo
- The lost language, Claudia Mills
- The lightning dreamer, Cuba's greatest abolitionist, Margarita Engle
- One, Sarah Crossan
- October mourning, a song for Matthew Shepard, Lesléa Newman
- Three things I know are true, a novel, Betty Culley
- Love, love, [text] Victoria Chang ; [illustrations, Lorraine Nam]
- Nothing burns as bright as you, Ashley Woodfolk
- Home is not a country, Safia Elhillo
- Eighth grade is making me sick, Ginny Davis's year in stuff, by Jennifer L. Holm ; illustrated by Elicia Castaldi
- The black flamingo, Dean Atta
- Land of the cranes, by Aida Salazar