9th to 12th Grade Division
- All Systems Red by Martha Wells
- Ashlords by Scott Reintgen
- A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World by C.A. Fletcher
- The Dark Matter of Mona Starr by Laura Lee Gulledge
- A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson
- I Love You So Mochi by Sarah Kuhn
- Legendborn by Tracy Deonn
- Not So Pure and Simple by Lamar Giles
- We Are Not Free by Traci Chee
- What I Carry by Jennifer Longo
- With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo
- You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson
6th to 8th Grade Division
- Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Alston
- The Barren Grounds by David A. Robertson
- Blended by Sharon M. Draper
- Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
- Ghost Squad by Claribel A. Ortega
- The Girl from the Sea by Molly Knox Ostertag
- Girl in the Blue Coat by Monica Hesse
- In the After by Demitria Lunetta
- Me and Sam-Sam Handle the Apocalypse by Susan Vaught
- Slider by Pete Hautman
- Taylor Before and After by Jennie Englund
- The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez by Adrianna Cuevas
- Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky by Kwame Mbalia
- We’re Not from Here by Geoff Rodkey
- When the Ground Is Hard by Malla Nunn
- While I Was Away by Waka T. Brown
3rd to 5th Grade Division
- The Best of Iggy by Annie Barrows
- The Dragon with a Chocolate Heart by Stephanie Burgis
- From the Desk of Zoe Washington by Janae Marks
- Harbor Me by Jacqueline Woodson
- Kinda Like Brothers by Coe Booth
- Letters from Cuba by Ruth Behar
- Me, Frida, and the Secret of the Peacock Ring by Angela Cervantes
- Measuring Up by Lily LaMotte & Ann Xu
- Rescue on the Oregon Trail by Kate Messner
- Shirley and Jamila Save Their Summer by Gillian Goerz
- Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio by Peg Kehret
- Snapdragon by Kat Leyh
- Spark by Sarah Beth Durst
- The Trouble with Weasels by Rob Harrell
- A Wish in the Dark by Christina Soontornvat