- Le comieron la lengua los ratones, Silvia Molina ; ilustrado por Mari Rodríguez
- A work in progress, Jarrett Lerner
- Reckless, glorious, girl, Ellen Hagan
- When clouds touch us, Thanhhà Lại
- Alone, Megan E. Freeman
- African Town, inspired by the true story of the last American slave ship, Irene Latham & Charles Waters ; introduction by Jocelyn M. Davis, descendant of Clotilda survivors
- We belong, Cookie Hiponia Everman ; illustrations by Abigail Dela Cruz
- When we make it, Elisabet Velasquez
- Game face, Shari Green
- No place for fairy tales, Edd Tello
- I am here now, Barbara Bottner
- Something like home, Andrea Beatriz Arango
- Dear Medusa, Olivia A. Cole
- Alma presses play, Tina Cane
- What about Will, Ellen Hopkins
- Moonrise, by Sarah Crossan
- No matter the distance, Cindy Baldwin
- Rez dogs, Joseph Bruchac
- An appetite for miracles, Laekan Zea Kemp
- Dear Mothman, Robin Gow
- Zorgamazoo, Robert Paul Weston ; [illustrations by Victor Rivas Villa]. --
- Rain rising, Courtne Comrie
- Home is not a country, Safia Elhillo
- Some girls bind, Rory James
- Tilt, Ellen Hopkins. --
- The hope of elephants, Amanda Rawson Hill
- Baggage, Wendy Phillips
- Punching the air, written by Ibi Zoboi with Yusef Salaam ; illustrations by Omar T. Pasha
- They call me Güero, a border kid's poems, by David Bowles
- Hazard, Frances O'Roark Dowell
- Aniana del Mar jumps in, Jasminne Mendez
- Song of freedom, song of dreams, a novel in verse, Shari Green
- The lonely book, Meg Grehan
- Muted, Tami Charles
- Rebound, by Kwame Alexander ; illustrations by Dawud Anyabwile
- Rebound, by Kwame Alexander ; illustrations by Dawud Anyabwile
- Minn and Jake, Janet S. Wong ; pictures by Geneviève Côté. --
- Rain remembers, Courtne Comrie
- River mermaid, Christy Goerzen
- Once in a blue moon, Sharon G. Flake
- Booked, by Kwame Alexander
- Louder than hunger, John Schu ; with a foreword by Kate DiCamillo
- Golden girl, Reem Faruqi
- The moon within, Aida Salazar
- Worst-case Collin, Rebecca Caprara
- The most dazzling girl in Berlin, by Kip Wilson
- Turn the tide, by Elaine Dimopoulos
- Revolting rhymes, Roald Dahl ; illustrated by Quentin Blake. --
- Lawless spaces, Corey Ann Haydu
- Ain't burned all the bright, Jason Reynolds ; illustrated by Jason Griffin