- Dumplin', Julie Murphy
- The house that Lou built, Mae Respicio
- Wild swans, Jessica Spotswood
- Merci Suárez changes gears, Meg Medina
- Clayton Byrd goes underground, Rita Williams-Garcia ; illustrations by Frank Morrison
- Pearl, Deirdre Riordan Hall
- Starfish, Akemi Dawn Bowman
- Almost home, Joan Bauer
- History is all you left me, Adam Silvera
- Real sisters pretend, Megan Dowd Lambert ; illustrated by Nicole Tadgell
- The last boy and girl in the world, Siobhan Vivian
- Year of the jungle, by Suzanne Collins ; illustrated by James Proimos
- When friendship followed me home, by Paul Griffin
- My life with the liars, Caela Carter
- Scarlett Epstein hates it here, Anna Breslaw
- My papi has a motorcycle, Isabel Quintero ; illustrated by Zeke Peña
- The serpent king, a novel, Jeff Zentner
- Things too huge to fix by saying sorry, Susan Vaught
- Quicksand Pond, Janet Taylor Lisle
- The courage test, James Preller
- You go first, by Erin Entrada Kelly
- The field guide to the North American teenager, Ben Philippe
- Home at last, Vera B. Williams ; illustrated by Chris Raschka
- Tyler Johnson was here, Jay Coles
- The last time we say goodbye, Cynthia Hand
- The art of not breathing, Sarah Alexander
- To catch a cheat, Varian Johnson
- Life without Nico, Andrea Maturana, Francisco Javier Olea
- Saturday, Oge Mora
- Just like Jackie, Lindsey Stoddard
- The pond, Nicola Davies ; illustrations, Cathy Fisher
- Bridge of Clay, Markus Zusak
- Wish, Barbara O'Connor
- Dig, by A.S. King
- The summer of Owen Todd, Tony Abbott
- Love & gelato, Jenna Evans Welch
- Places no one knows, Brenna Yovanoff
- My father's arms are a boat, Stein Erik Lunde ; Oyvind Torseter ; translated from the Norwegian by Kari Dickson
- The great American whatever, Tim Federle
- Dime, E.R. Frank
- Sophie's squash, written by Pat Zietlow Miller ; illustrated by Anne Wilsdorf
- She rides shotgun, Jordan Harper
- Zoe in wonderland, Brenda Woods
- The Authentics, Abdi Nazemian
- The Boxcar children beginning, the Aldens of Fair Meadow Farm, Patricia MacLachlan ; [interior illustrations by Robert Dunn]
- My new mom and me, Renata Galindo
- Ana María Reyes does not live in a castle, Hilda Eunice Burgos
- Tell me three things, Julie Buxbaum