9th to 12th Grade Division
- Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake
- Audacity by Melanie Crowder
- Girl Code by Andrea Gonzales & Sophie Houser
- Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
- The Love Letters of Abelard and Lily by Laura Creedle
- Mary’s Monster by Lita Judge
- A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly
- Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
- The Strange Fascinations of Noah Hypnotik by David Arnold
- Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor
- The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon
- This Mortal Coil by Emily Suvada
6th to 8th Grade Division
- The Blackthorn Key by Kevin Sands
- Falling Over Sideways by Jordan Sonnenblick
- The First Rule of Punk by Celia C. Pérez
- Frogkisser! by Garth Nix
- The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill
- House Arrest by K.A. Holt
- Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling
- It Ain’t So Awful, Falafel by Firoozeh Dumas
- The List by Patricia Forde
- Ms. Bixby’s Last Day by John David Anderson
- The Novice by Taran Matharu
- The Only Road by Alexandra Diaz
- The Port Chicago 50 by Steve Sheinkin
- The School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainani
- The Shadow Cipher by Laura Ruby
- The Teacher’s Funeral by Richard Peck
3rd to 5th Grade Division
- The Ark Plan by Laura Martin
- Aru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani Chokshi
- Clayton Byrd Goes Underground by Rita Williams-Garcia
- Fablehaven by Brandon Mull
- Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
- Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key by Jack Gantos
- Just Dance by Patricia MacLachlan
- Malala: My Story of Standing Up for Girls’ Rights by Malala Yousafzai
- Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
- Out of Left Field by Ellen Klages
- Paper Wishes by Lois Sepahban
- Ramona the Pest by Beverly Cleary
- Riding Freedom by Pam Muñoz Ryan
- Stef Soto, Taco Queen by Jennifer Torres
- Wishtree by Katherine Applegate
- The Wizards of Once by Cressida Cowell