- With lots of love, written by Jenny Torres Sanchez ; illustrated by André Ceolin
- Dance party countdown, by Eric Litwin ; illustrated by Tom Lichtenheld
- Honey bee, a first field guide to the world's favorite pollinating insect, Dr. Priyadarshini Chakrabarti Basu
- Flight #116 is down, Caroline B. Cooney
- Al Capone does my shirts, Gennifer Choldenko
- Not my idea, a book about whiteness, written and illustrated by Anastasia Higginbotham
- Because Claudette, Tracey Baptiste ; illustrated by Tonya Engel
- The Watsons go to Birmingham--1963, Christopher Paul Curtis
- When you reach me, Rebecca Stead
- Her mother's hope, Francine Rivers
- The lovely bones, Alice Sebold
- Pick-up game, a full day of full court, edited by Marc Aronson & Charles R. Smith
- The bear went over the mountain, Jane Cabrera
- Lucky ducklings, by Eva Moore ; pictures by Nancy Carpenter
- Narwhalicorn and Jelly, Ben Clanton
- The dragon heir, Cinda Williams Chima
- The Carrie diaries, Candace Bushnell
- Captain Underpants and the perilous plot of Professor Poopypants, the fourth epic novel, by Dav Pilkey ; [with color by Jose Garibaldi]
- Who does she think she is?, Benilde Little
- Areli is a dreamer, a true story, by Areli Morales, a DACA recipient ; illustrations by Luisa Uribe
- A green place to be, the creation of Central Park, Ashley Benham Yazdani
- Necropolis, Anthony Horowitz