- Be kind, Pat Zietlow Miller ; illustrated by Jen Hill
- The bookwanderers, Anna James
- Quests for glory, Soman Chainani
- Grayling's song, Karen Cushman
- The girl who saved Christmas, Matt Haig
- Mia and the dance for two, Robin Farley
- Prairie lotus, Linda Sue Park
- Klawde, evil alien warlord cat, Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth, Books 1-2
- Amelia Earhart is on the moon?, Dan Gutman
- Oona and the shark, words by Kelly DiPucchio ; pictures by Raissa Figueroa
- Spy school goes north, Stuart Gibbs
- Mr. Popper's penguins, Richard and Florence Atwater
- Spy school goes south, Stuart Gibbs
- Stay, Bobbie Pyron
- Hero, Monster series, book 3, Michael Grant
- Divide and conquer, Carrie Ryan
- The golden goblet, Eloise Jarvis McGraw
- The lighthouse family, by Cynthia Rylant
- The triumphant tale of Pippa North, Temre Beltz
- Rissy no kissies, Katey Howes ; illustrated by Jess Engle
- Starring Jules (as herself), Beth Ain
- Violet and Jobie in the wild, by Lynne Rae Perkins
- The war I finally won, Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
- Osmo Unknown and the Eightpenny Woods, Catherynne M. Valente
- As warm as the sun, Kate and Jim McMullan
- Gertie's leap to greatness, Kate Beasley
- Unicorn is maybe not so great after all, Bob Shea
- Black Panther, the young prince, Ronald L. Smith
- Snared, escape to the above, Adam Jay Epstein
- Snow, Uri Shulevitz
- Drew Leclair gets a clue, Katryn Bury
- Tales from a not-so-happy birthday, Rachel Renée Russell
- Infestation, Heidi Lang and Kati Bartkowski
- Narwhal on a sunny night, Mary Pope Osborne
- When stars are scattered, Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed
- P. Zonka lays an egg, Julie Paschkis
- The hidden kingdom, Tui T. Sutherland
- The chalice of the gods, Rick Riordan
- The key that swallowed Joey Pigza, Jack Gantos
- Birdsong, Julie Flett
- Soar, Joan Bauer, Newbery honor-winning author of Hope was here
- The couch potato, written by Jory John ; illustrated by Pete Oswald
- Dressed to steal, Carolyn Keene
- Fast break, Mike Lupica
- Mike's mystery, Gertrude Chandler Warner
- Dork Diaries, Rachel Renée Russell, Book 2
- The Blackwoods, Brandy Colbert
- Princess Academy, Shannon Hale
- The Princess in Black and the giant problem, Shannon Hale and Dean Hale
- The bone garden, Heather Kassner ; [illustrations by Matt Saunders]