- Chomp, Carl Hiaasen
- Bear came along, by Richard T. Morris ; illustrated by LeUyen Pham
- The Penderwicks on Gardam Street, Jeanne Birdsall
- The Penderwicks at Point Mouette, Jeanne Birdsall
- Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's library, Chris Grabenstein
- Scouts, Shannon Greenland
- Babe and me, Dan Gutman
- Ivy Aberdeen's letter to the world, Ashley Herring Blake
- Llama Llama red pajama, written and illustrated by Anna Dewdney
- Checked, Cynthia Kadohata
- The war that saved my life, Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
- To night owl from dogfish, Holly Goldberg Sloan & Meg Wolitzer
- Arlo Finch in the valley of fire, John August
- Becoming Muhammad Ali, a novel, James Patterson and Kwame Alexander
- How do dinosaurs say good night?, Jane Yolen ; illustrated by Mark Teague
- Anything but typical, Nora Raleigh Baskin
- Honus & me, a baseball card adventure, Dan Gutman
- Al Capone does my shirts, a novel, Gennifer Choldenko
- Amari and the night brothers, B.B. Alston
- A dash of trouble, Anna Meriano
- The cricket in Times Square, by George Selden
- Sal & Gabi break the universe, Carlos Hernandez
- The girl who drank the moon, Kelly Barnhill
- Lawn Boy returns, Gary Paulsen
- Black brother, black brother, Jewell Parker Rhodes
- Duck on a bike, by David Shannon
- Chains, Laurie Halse Anderson
- Three cups of tea, one man's journey to change the world-- one child at a time, Greg Mortenson & David Oliver Relin ; adapted by Sarah Thomson ; foreword by Jane Goodall
- I survived the great molasses flood, 1919, Lauren Tarshis
- Holes, Louis Sachar
- Al Capone shines my shoes, a novel, Gennifer Choldenko
- Betty before X, Ilyasah Shabazz ; with Renée Watson
- The night diary, Veera Hiranandani
- The Book with No Pictures, B. J. Novak
- The truth as told by Mason Buttle, Leslie Connor
- Clean getaway, Nic Stone
- The one and only Bob, Katherine Applegate
- Cece Rios and the desert of souls, Kaela Rivera
- Towers falling, Jewell Parker Rhodes
- You don't know everything, Jilly P!, Alex Gino
- Scar Island, Dan Gemeinhart
- The crossover, by Kwame Alexander
- The great treehouse war, Lisa Graff
- I'm new here, Anne Sibley O'Brien
- The Pants Project, Cat Clarke
- The wild robot, Peter Brown
- Finding Langston, a novel, Lesa Cline-Ransome
- The nebula secret, a novel, Trudi Trueit
- Save me a seat, Sarah Weeks, Gita Varadarajan
- Other words for home, Jasmine Warga