- Mid-air, by Alicia D. Williams
- Ædnan, an epic, Linnea Axelsson ; translated from Swedish by Saskia Vogel
- Eb & flow, Kelly J. Baptist
- The hope of elephants, Amanda Rawson Hill
- Ode to a nobody, Caroline Brooks DuBois
- An appetite for miracles, Laekan Zea Kemp
- Rez dogs, Joseph Bruchac
- The perfect nine, the epic of Gĩkũyũ and Mũmbi, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o ; translated from the Gĩkũyũ, original by the author
- An appetite for miracles, Laekan Zea Kemp
- Bright red fruit, Safia Elhillo
- Dreams on fire, Annette Daniels Taylor
- Wild dreamers, Margarita Engle
- Caravan to the north, Misael's long walk, Jorge Argueta ; pictures by Manuel Monroy
- Garvey's choice, Nikki Grimes
- 500 words or less, Juleah del Rosario
- Una semilla al sol, Aida Salazar ; traducción de Darío Zárate Figueroa
- BenBee and the teacher griefer, K.A. Holt
- Something like home, Andrea Beatriz Arango
- Aniana del Mar jumps in, Jasminne Mendez
- Once in a blue moon, Sharon G. Flake
- Kin, rooted in hope, Carole Boston Weatherford ; art by Jeffery Boston Weatherford
- Casi, Casi Un Hogar, Andrea Beatriz Arango ; traducción de Keyla Medina Rosa
- Samira surfs, Rukhsanna Guidroz
- Nothing burns as bright as you, Ashley Woodfolk
- Ariel crashes a train, Olivia A. Cole
- Nothing burns as bright as you, Ashley Woodfolk
- Forever is now, Mariama J. Lockington
- No matter the distance, Cindy Baldwin
- Rain remembers, Courtne Comrie
- The road to after, Rebekah Lowell
- Starfish, Lisa Fipps
- Punching the air, written by Ibi Zoboi with Yusef Salaam ; illustrations by Omar T. Pasha
- To stay alive, Mary Ann Graves and the tragic journey of the Donner Party, Skila Brown
- They call her Fregona, a border kid's poems, David Bowles
- Forever is now, Mariama J. Lockington
- The lightning circle, Vikki VanSickle ; with illustrations by Laura K. Watson
- Once in a blue moon, Sharon G. Flake
- The wild book, Margarita Engle
- Chlorine sky, Mahogany L. Browne
- People kill people, Ellen Hopkins
- Call me Athena, girl from Detroit, a novel in verse, Colby Cedar Smith
- Louder than hunger, John Schu ; with a foreword by Kate DiCamillo
- Ultraviolet, by Aida Salazar
- Only on the weekends, Dean Atta
- Loving vs. Virginia, a documentary novel of the landmark civil rights case, by Patricia Hruby Powell ; artwork by Shadra Strickland
- In the beautiful country, Jane Kuo
- Force of nature, a novel of Rachel Carson, by Ann E. Burg ; art by Sophie Blackall
- Angel & Hannah, a novel in verse, by Ishle Park
- Saving Red, Sonya Sones
- All of me, Chris Baron