- The little bit scary people, written by Emily Jenkins ; illustrated by Alexandra Boiger
- Step up to the plate, Maria Singh, by Uma Krishnaswami
- A jar of dreams, Yoshiko Uchida
- This light between us, a novel of World War II, Andrew Fukuda
- The Watsons go to Birmingham--1963, Christopher Paul Curtis
- The friendship, Mildred D. Taylor ; pictures by Max Ginsburg
- People kill people, Ellen Hopkins
- Beauty woke, written by NoNieqa Ramos ; illustrated by Paola Escobar
- World made of glass, Ami Polonsky
- Something happened in our town, a child's story about racial injustice, by Marianne Celano, PhD, ABPP, Marietta Collins, PhD, and Ann Hazzard, PhD, ABPP ; illustrated by Jennifer Zivoin
- Stella by starlight, Sharon Draper
- Roll of thunder, hear my cry, Mildred D. Taylor ; frontispiece by Jerry Pinkney ; illustration by Kadir Nelson
- A Shiloh Christmas, Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
- Internment, Samira Ahmed
- Trouble, Katherine Battersby
- The Watsons go to Birmingham--1963, Christopher Paul Curtis
- The traitor, Golden Mountain chronicles, 1885, Laurence Yep
- The unsung hero of Birdsong USA, Brenda Woods
- After the war, a novel, by Alice Adams
- Karen's haircut, a graphic novel by Katy Farina ; with color by Braden Lamb
- The ghoul next door, a novel, by Lisi Harrison
- Clean getaway, Nic Stone ; [illustrations by Dawud Anyabwile]
- The well, David's story, Mildred D. Taylor
- When the circus came to town, Polly Horvath
- Color me dark, the diary of Nellie Lee Love, the great migration North, by Patricia McKissack
- Lily and the great quake, a San Francisco earthquake survival story, by Veeda Bybee ; illustrated by Alessia Trunfio
- Where are you from?, by Yamile Saied Méndez ; illustrated by Jaime Kim
- Blood betrayal, Ausma Zehanat Khan
- Six truths and a lie, Ream Shukairy
- Big lies in a small town, Diane Chamberlain
- The land, by Mildred D. Taylor
- The music of what happens, Bill Konigsberg
- The cay, Theodore Taylor
- I walk in dread, the diary of Deliverance Trembley, witness to the Salem witch trials, by Lisa Rowe Fraustino
- Linked, Gordon Korman
- The hero two doors down, based on the true story of friendship between a boy and a baseball legend, Sharon Robinson
- The best bad luck I ever had, Kristin Levine
- The road to Memphis, Mildred D. Taylor
- The belonging tree, Maryann Cocca-Leffler ; illustrated by Kristine A. Lombardi
- Children of blood and bone, Tomi Adeyemi
- Elevation, Stephen King
- Clancy the courageous cow, by Lachie Hume
- How to find what you're not looking for, Veera Hiranandani
- The gold cadillac, Mildred D. Taylor ; pictures by Michael Hays
- Roll of thunder, hear my cry, Mildred D. Taylor ;frontispiece by Jerry Pinkney
- We are not free, Traci Chee
- The land, Mildred D. Taylor
- Big lies in a small town, Diane Chamberlain
- Love from A to Z, S.K. Ali
- The liberation of Gabriel King, K.L. Going