9th to 12th Grade Division
- A Different Drummer by William Melvin Kelley
- Dread Nation by Justina Ireland
- Dry by Neal & Jarrod Shusterman
- The Field Guide to the North American Teenager by Ben Philippe
- Hey, Kiddo by Jarrett J. Krosoczka
- Let Me Hear a Rhyme by Tiffany D. Jackson
- Lovely War by Julie Berry
- Moxie by Jennifer Mathieu
- Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy Ribay
- Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell & Faith Erin Hicks
- Spellslinger by Sebastien de Castell
- Thorn by Intisar Khanani
6th to 8th Grade Division
- Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor
- Almost American Girl by Robin Ha
- Archimancy by J.A. White
- Arlo Finch in the Valley of Fire by John August
- The Best at It by Maulik Pancholy
- Deep Water by Watt Key
- Genesis Begins Again by Alicia D. Williams
- A Good Kind of Trouble by Lisa Moore Ramée
- It’s Trevor Noah: Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
- Note: This is the Young Reader’s Edition
- My Year in the Middle by Lila Quintero Weaver
- Nowhere Boy by Katherine Marsh
- The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise by Dan Gemeinhart
- Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson
- The Storm Runner by J.C. Cervantes
- To Night Owl from Dogfish by Holly Goldberg Sloan & Meg Wolitzer
- When Stars Are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson & Omar Mohamed
3rd to 5th Grade Division
- Astrid the Unstoppable by Maria Parr
- The Bookwanderers by Anna James
- The Care and Feeding of a Pet Black Hole by Michelle Cuevas
- Clean Getaway by Nic Stone
- The Fourteenth Goldfish by Jennifer L. Holm
- Guts by Raina Telgemeier
- The Harlem Charade by Natasha Tarpley
- I Can Make This Promise by Christine Day
- Lety Out Loud by Angela Cervantes
- Lowriders in Space by Cathy Camper & Raúl the Third
- Sarah Journeys West by Nikki Shannon Smith
- Save Me a Seat by Sarah Weeks & Gita Varadarajan
- Some Places More Than Others by Renée Watson
- Some Writer!: The Story of E. B. White by Melissa Sweet
- Stay by Bobbie Pyron
- The Storm Keeper’s Island by Catherine Doyle