- The Gray, Chris Baron
- Harry & Hopper, Margaret Wild ; [illustrations by] Freya Blackwood
- History is all you left me, Adam Silvera
- Queen of the tiles, Hanna Alkaf
- Expelled, James Patterson and Emily Raymond
- Artemis and the night sky kittens, Farnaz Zirakbash ;illustrated by Tristan Tait
- Early departures, Justin A. Reynolds
- Next stop, Debbie Fong
- Ravenous things, written and illustrated by Derrick Chow
- Clap when you land, Elizabeth Acevedo
- Tiger eyes, Judy Blume
- The color of the sun, David Almond
- The lucky list, Rachael Lippincott
- The 9:09 project, Mark H. Parsons
- Beneath a meth moon, an elegy, Jacqueline Woodson
- The opposite of here, by Tara Altebrando
- Imaginary, by Lee Bacon ; illustrated by Katy Wu
- Sparrow, Sarah Moon
- The lovely reckless, Kami Garcia
- Kaleidoscope, Brian Selznick
- Bookish and the beast, a novel, by Ashley Poston
- All that's left to say, Emery Lord
- Rana Joon and the one & only now, Shideh Etaat
- Wrath becomes her, Aden Polydoros
- I felt a funeral, in my brain, Will Walton
- I'd rather burn than bloom, Shannon C.F. Rogers
- Until Friday night, by Abbi Glines
- The Remedy, Suzanne Young
- World made of glass, Ami Polonsky
- I was here, by Gayle Forman
- Summer Bird Blue, Akemi Dawn Bowman
- Where echoes die, Courtney Gould
- A home for goddesses and dogs, Leslie Connor
- The Wolf's curse, by Jessica Vitalis
- Miracle, Karen S. Chow ; illustrations by Vera Rosenberry
- Mindy Kim and the Mid-autumn Festival, by Lyla Lee ; illustrated by Dung Ho
- The valley and the flood, Rebecca Mahoney
- Meet me in the middle, Alex Light
- A walk in the woods, Nikki Grimes ; [illustrations by] Jerry Pinkney, Brian Pinkney
- From you to me, K.A. Holt
- Boomi's boombox, Shanthi Sekaran
- Sal & Gabi break the universe, Carlos Hernandez
- Just like that, Gary D. Schmidt
- Free verse, Sarah Dooley
- What's coming to me, Francesca Padilla
- Speed of life, Carol Weston
- The shared room, Kao Kalia Yang ; illustrations by Xee Reiter
- Aviva vs. the Dybbuk, Mari Lowe
- No matter the distance, Cindy Baldwin
- Clap when you land, Elizabeth Acevedo