- Neverseen, Shannon Messenger
- Noggin, John Corey Whaley
- Suicide notes from beautiful girls, Lynn Weingarten
- Up for air, Laurie Morrison
- The tragic age, a novel, Stephen Metcalfe
- You go first, Erin Entrada Kelly
- The flip side, Shawn Johnson with Amy Sonnichsen
- The first rule of punk, Celia C. PĂ©rez
- The doldrums, written and illustrated by Nicholas Gannon
- Little Shaq, star of the week, by Shaquille O'Neal ; illustrated by Theodore Taylor III
- Under pressure, Alex Morgan
- The bear who wasn't there, LeUyen Pham
- Zeroes, by Scott Westerfeld, Margo Lanagan, and Deborah Biancotti
- The house with chicken legs, Sophie Anderson
- Ten rules of being a superhero, Deb Pilutti
- Tallulah's ice skates, by Marilyn Singer ; illustrations by Alexandra Boiger
- The Vanderbeekers and the hidden garden, by Karina Yan Glaser
- The lost treasure of Tuckernuck, Emily Fairlie
- Whippoorwill, by Joseph Monninger
- Sunny, Jason Reynolds
- Lalani of the distant sea, Erin Entrada Kelly ; illustrations by Lian Cho
- Trouble at school for Marvin & James, Elise Broach ; illustrated by Kelly Murphy
- Losers take all, David Klass
- Saving the team, Alex Morgan
- It ain't so awful, falafel, Firoozeh Dumas
- Bear is awake!, an alphabet story, Hannah E. Harrison
- Momentous events in the life of a cactus, Dusti Bowling
- Be a friend, Salina Yoon
- The great treehouse war, Lisa Graff
- Amelia Bedelia dances off, by Herman Parish ; pictures by Lynne Avril
- Goodbye, friend! Hello, friend!, Cori Doerrfeld
- Since you've been gone, Morgan Matson
- Win or lose, Alex Morgan
- The matchstick castle, Keir Graff
- Uni the unicorn and the dream come true, Amy Krouse Rosenthal ; illustrated by Brigette Barrager
- The care and feeding of a pet black hole, Michelle Cuevas
- Dragon's extraordinary egg, Debi Gliori
- The Vanderbeekers to the rescue, by Karina Yan Glaser
- Greenglass House, by Kate Milford ; with illustrations by Jaime Zollars
- Ghost, Jason Reynolds
- Crenshaw, Katherine Applegate
- Bonaparte falls apart, by Margery Cuyler ; illustrated by Will Terry
- Kitten and the night watchman, written by John Sullivan ; illustrated by Taeeun Yoo
- Amina's voice, Hena Khan
- Traps and specters, by Bryan Chick
- Gutless, Carl Deuker
- Second chance summer, Morgan Matson
- The unicorn in the barn, by Jacqueline K. Ogburn ; illustrated by Rebecca Green
- Settle the score, Alex Morgan
- TBH, too much drama, Lisa Greenwald