- Friends are friends, forever, written by Dane Liu ; illustrated by Lynn Scurfield
- The friendship wish, by Elisa Kleven
- Listening for Lucca, Suzanne LaFleur
- Stuart's cape, by Sarah Pennypacker ; illustrated by Martin Matje
- The truth about Twinkie Pie, by Kat Yeh
- Why am I here?, Constance Ørbeck-Nilssen ; illustrated by Akin Duzakin
- Goodbye, old house, Margaret Wild ; illustrated by Ann James
- The terrible two, by Mac Barnett and Jory John
- Lost and found, Andrew Clements ; illustrations by Mark Elliott
- A tiger called Tomás, Charlotte Zolotow, Marta Álvarez Miguéns ; afterword by Crescent Dragonwagon
- My life in dioramas, by Tara Altebrando ; illustrated by T.L. Bonaddio
- Hello, Nebulon!, by Ray O'Ryan ; illustrated by Colin Jack
- Out of place, Jennifer Blecher
- One smart skunk, Harriet Ziefert ; illustrated by Santiago Cohen
- Ruby in the sky, Jeanne Zulick Ferruolo
- The middle Moffat, Eleanor Estes ; illustrated by Louis Slobodkin
- Starring Sally J. Freedman as herself, Judy Blume
- Blow out the moon, by Libby Koponen
- The field guide to the North American teenager, Ben Philippe
- Aquamarine, by Alice Hoffman
- Finding Langston, by Lesa Cline-Ransome
- The terrible two, Jory John, Mac Barnett ; illustrated by Kevin Cornell
- Past perfect, a novel, Danielle Steel
- Super-sized slugger, a novel by Cal Ripken, Jr. with Kevin Cowherd
- A year with Marmalade, Alison Reynolds ; illustrated by Heath McKenzie
- 13 hangmen, Art Corriveau
- Little monsters, Kara Thomas
- Super burp!, by Nancy Krulik ; illustrated by Aaron Blecha
- Gibberish, Young Vo
- The great alone, Kristin Hannah
- The fixer, Jennifer Lynn Barnes
- Fleabag, Helen Stephens
- Ghosts, Raina Telgemeier ; with color by Braden Lamb
- Ellie McDoodle, new kid in school, written and illustrated by Ruth McNally Barshaw
- Chee-Kee, a panda in Bearland, Sujean Rim
- SPHDZ book #1, Jon Scieszka with Francesco Sedita ; illustrated by Shane Prigmore
- The turtle of Oman, a novel, Naomi Shihab Nye ; illustrations by Betsy Peterschmidt
- Hound dog true, Linda Urban
- Miss Buncle married, D.E. Stevenson
- Captain Awesome to the rescue!, by Stan Kirby ; illustrated by George O'Connor
- This adventure ends, Emma Mills
- Little apocalypse, Katherine Sparrow
- The new kid, by Mavis Jukes
- Superhero Joe and the creature next door, Jacqueline Preiss Weitzman ; illustrated by Ron Barrett
- Night of the spadefoot toads, Bill Harley
- Saving the team, Alex Morgan
- Back to school, Mallory, by Laurie Friedman ; illustrations by Tamara Schmitz
- Tell me three things, by Julie Buxbaum
- When the stars came home, written by Brittany Luby ; pictures by Natasha Donovan
- Shelter, a Mickey Bolitar novel, Harlan Coben