- The many masks of Andy Zhou, Jack Cheng
- The Gray, Chris Baron
- I, funny, a middle school story, James Patterson and Chris Grabenstein
- Hot hand, Mike Lupica
- The only girl in school, Natalie Standiford ; illustrations by Nathan Durfee
- School for invisible boys, Shaun David Hutchinson
- Captain Underpants and the terrifying return of Tippy Tinkletrousers, the ninth epic novel, by Dav Pilkey
- Whisper to the sky, Kim Sigafus
- Benny Shark goes to friend school, by Lynn Rowe Reed ; illustrated by Rhode Montijo
- Camp Scare, Delilah S. Dawson
- I walk with Vanessa, a story about a simple act of kindness, Kerascoët
- Chubby bunny, by Julie Murphy ; pictures by Sarah Winifred Searle
- Bone gap, Laura Ruby
- You go first, Erin Entrada Kelly
- Karen's school picture, Ann M. Martin ; illustrations by Christine Almeda
- Codzilla, by David Zeltser ; pictures by Jared Chapman
- Felix ever after, Kacen Callender
- Because you'll never meet me, Leah Thomas
- Sam Wu is NOT afraid of sharks, Katie & Kevin Tsang ; illustrated by Nathan Reed
- Bling Blaine, throw glitter, not shade, written by Rob Sanders ; illustrated by Letizia Rizzo
- The zero degree zombie zone, Patrik Henry Bass ; illustrations by Jerry Craft
- The together tree, Aisha Saeed ; illustrated by LeUyen Pham
- That's not what happened, Kody Keplinger
- Zero to hero, Henry Winkler and Lin Oliver
- My heart is laughing, written by Rose Lagercrantz ; illustrated by Eva Eriksson
- Zero to hero, Henry Winkler and Lin Oliver
- Just a hat, S. Khubiar
- Horrible Harry and the battle of the bugs, by Suzy Kline ; pictures by Amy Wummer
- Get it together, Delilah, by Erin Gough
- Just my rotten luck, James Patterson and Chris Tebbetts
- My secret bully, story by Trudy Ludwig ; illustrations by Abigail Marble
- Molly's pilgrim, by Barbara Cohen ; illustrated by Jennifer Bricking
- Virtually me, Chad Morris and Shelly Brown
- Why?, written by Adam Rex ; illustrated by Claire Keane
- The Odd Squad, bully bait, by Michael Fry
- Confessions of a candy snatcher, Phoebe Sinclair ; illustrated by Theodore Taylor III
- I am enough, Grace Byers ; pictures by Keturah A. Bobo
- Joy Ride, Sherri Duskey Rinker ; illustrated by Ana Ramírez González
- The double life of Danny Day, Mike Thayer
- Oddbird, Derek Desierto
- Ghost girl, Ally Malinenko
- George, Alex Gino
- Farah rocks fifth grade, by Susan Muaddi Darraj ; illustrated by Ruaida Mannaa
- Horrible Harry and the hallway bully, by Suzy Kline ; pictures by Amy Wummer
- Save me a seat, Sarah Weeks and Gita Varadarajan
- Caught offside, Andrea Montalbano
- The losers club, Andrew Clements
- Mia Mayhem vs. the super bully, by Kara West ; illustrated by Leeza Hernandez
- The daredevils, Rob Buyea
- Who killed Darius Drake?, a mystery, by Rodman Philbrick