- Meet me in the fourth dimension, Rita Feinstein
- Singing with elephants, Margarita Engle
- Poguemahone, Patrick McCabe
- African Town, inspired by the true story of the last American slave ship, Irene Latham & Charles Waters ; introduction by Joycelyn M. Davis
- When Winter Robeson came, Brenda Woods
- ULTRAVIOLET, Aida Salazar
- Burned, Ellen Hopkins
- Ode to my first car, Robin Gow
- T4, a novel in verse, by Ann Clare LeZotte
- An appetite for miracles, Laekan Zea Kemp
- Only on the weekends, Dean Atta
- Otherwise, Linda Oatman High
- Enemies in the orchard, a World War 2 novel in verse, Dana VanderLugt
- Good different, Meg Eden Kuyatt
- Force of nature, a novel of Rachel Carson, by Ann E. Burg ; art by Sophie Blackall
- Garvey's choice, Nikki Grimes
- The colors of the rain, R.L. Toalson
- Flipping forward twisting backward, Alma Fullerton ; illustrated by Sarah Mensinga
- Rima's rebellion, courage in a time of tyranny, Margarita Engle
- The most dazzling girl in Berlin, by Kip Wilson
- Charlotte, a novel, David Foenkinos ; translated from the French by Sam Taylor
- Ode to a nobody, Caroline Brooks DuBois
- Warrior girl, Carmen Tafolla
- Louder than hunger, John Schu ; with a foreword by Kate DiCamillo
- Worst-case Collin, Rebecca Caprara
- Alma presses play, Tina Cane
- Once in a blue moon, Sharon G. Flake
- I'M FROM HERE TOO, Kashmira Sheth
- Roots and blues, a celebration, Arnold Adoff ; paintings by R. Gregory Christie
- Rain rising, Courtne Comrie
- SONG OF FREEDOM, SONG OF DREAMS, a novel in verse, Shari Green
- BenBee and the teacher griefer, K.A. Holt
- Like a hurricane, Jonathan Bécotte ; translated by Jonathan Kaplansky
- Hummingbird season, Stephanie V.W. Lucianovic
- Something like home, Andrea Beatriz Arango
- To stay alive, Mary Ann Graves and the tragic journey of the Donner Party, Skila Brown
- We belong, Cookie Hiponia Everman ; illustrations by Abigail Dela Cruz
- That reminds me, Derek Owusu
- Mirror to mirror, Rajani LaRocca
- The name she gave me, Betty Culley
- Samira surfs, Rukhsanna Guidroz ; illustrations by Fahmida Azim
- Red, white, and whole, Rajani LaRocca
- Other words for home, Jasmine Warga
- Stitchin' and pullin', a Gee's Bend quilt, Patricia C. McKissack ; illustrated by Cozbi A. Cabrera
- Chlorine sky, Mahogany L. Browne