- Forgotten work, Jason Guriel
- Spin, Rebecca Caprara
- The ghosts of Rose Hill, R.M. Romero
- Miles Morales, suspended, Jason Reynolds ; illustrated by Zeke Peña
- An appetite for miracles, Laekan Zea Kemp
- Inside out & back again, Thanhha Lai
- Dear Medusa, Olivia A. Cole
- Hourglass, Keiran Goddard
- One last shot, the story of wartime photographer Gerda Taro, Kip Wilson
- We are all so good at smiling, Amber McBride
- Iveliz explains it all, Andrea Beatriz Arango ; interior illustrations, Alyssa Bermudez
- Rebound, by Kwame Alexander ; illustrations by Dawud Anyabwile
- Red, white, and whole, Rajani LaRocca
- The language of fire, Joan of Arc reimagined, Stephanie Hemphill
- Otherwise, Linda Oatman High
- A time to dance, Padma Venkatraman
- Bull, by David Elliott
- When Winter Robeson came, Brenda Woods
- The cure for cold feet, Beth Ain
- Singing with elephants, Margarita Engle
- The red pencil, by Andrea Davis Pinkney ; illustrated by Shane W. Evans
- Beauty mark, a verse novel of Marilyn Monroe, Carole Boston Weatherford
- Every body looking, Candice Iloh
- Unlocked, Ryan G. Van Cleave
- Chiara in the dark, Maya Chhabra
- If I tell you the truth, by Jasmin Kaur
- Garvey's choice, Nikki Grimes
- Odder, Katherine Applegate ; with illustrations by Charles Santoso
- We are the ashes, we are the fire, Joy McCullough ; with illuminations by Maia Kobabe
- Why no goodbye?, Pamela Laskin
- When we make it, Elisabet Velasquez
- Unsettled, Reem Faruqi
- Knockout, K.A. Holt
- All he knew, Helen Frost
- Like water on stone, Dana Walrath
- We belong, Cookie Hiponia Everman ; illustrations by Abigail Dela Cruz
- Ben Y and the ghost in the machine, K. A. Holt
- Rez dogs, Joseph Bruchac
- Booked, by Kwame Alexander
- People kill people, Ellen Hopkins
- Finding wonders, three girls who changed science, Jeannine Atkins
- Samira surfs, Rukhsanna Guidroz ; illustrations by Fahmida Azim
- When my sister started kissing, Helen Frost
- Swing, Kwame Alexander with Mary Rand Hess
- The you I've never known, Ellen Hopkins
- Dreaming of you, a novel in verse, Melissa Lozada-Oliva
- The crossover, by Kwame Alexander
- Clap when you land, Elizabeth Acevedo
- Some girls bind, Rory James
- Grasping mysteries, girls who loved math, Jeannine Atkins ; [illustrations by Victoria Assanelli]