- What goes up, Christine Heppermann
- Clap when you land, Elizabeth Acevedo
- Forever is now, Mariama J. Lockington
- Words with wings, Nikki Grimes
- An appetite for miracles, Laekan Zea Kemp
- Alma presses play, Tina Cane
- The seventh raven, by David Elliott ; illustrations by Rovina Cai
- Punching the air, written by Ibi Zoboi with Yusef Salaam ; illustrations by Omar T. Pasha
- When you ask me where I'm going, by Jasmin Kaur
- The ghosts of Rose Hill, R.M. Romero
- Wolfpack, Amelia Brunskill