- Friends are friends, forever, written by Dane Liu ; illustrated by Lynn Scurfield
- The longest, strongest thread, Inbal Leitner
- Whatshisface, Gordon Korman
- Best friends for never, Adrienne Maria Vrettos
- Lost and found, Andrew Clements
- The happy shop, written and illustrated by Brittany Long Olsen ; lettered by Crank!
- The field guide to the North American teenager, Ben Philippe
- Finding Langston, by Lesa Cline-Ransome
- The terrible two, Jory John, Mac Barnett ; illustrated by Kevin Cornell
- Gibberish, Young Vo
- The ninth night of Hanukkah, by Erica S. Perl ; illustrated by Shahar Kober
- Sakura's cherry blossoms, Robert Paul Weston ; Misa Saburi
- Amber Brown is not a crayon, Paula Danziger ; interior illustrations by Tony Ross ; cover illustration by Jacqueline Rogers
- Heidi Heckelbeck has a new best friend, by Wanda Coven ; illustrated by Priscilla Burris
- Stephen McCranie's Space Boy, written and illustrated by Stephen McCranie, V. 2
- Goodbye, friend! Hello, friend!, Cori Doerrfeld
- When the stars came home, written by Brittany Luby ; pictures by Natasha Donovan
- Mindy Kim and the yummy seaweed business, by Lyla Lee ; illustrated by Dung Ho
- The trouble in me, Jack Gantos
- Awesome Dog 5000, Justin Dean
- The haunted house next door, by Andres Miedoso ; illustrated by Victor Rivas
- Ghosts, Raina Telgemeier ; with color by Braden Lamb
- Louisiana's way home, Kate DiCamillo
- The field guide to the North American teenager, Ben Philippe
- Good-bye Stacey, good-bye, Ann M. Martin ; a graphic novel by Gabriela Epstein ; with color by Braden Lamb
- The map of salt and stars, Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar
- Genesis begins again, Alicia D. Williams
- Insignificant events in the life of a cactus, Dusti Bowling
- Three little truths, Eithne Shortall
- Chee-Kee, a panda in Bearland, Sujean Rim
- The new kid, by Mavis Jukes
- Long distance, Whitney Gardner
- A soft place to land, Janae Marks
- Captain Awesome to the rescue!, by Stan Kirby ; illustrated by George O'Connor
- Eventown, Corey Ann Haydu
- Leaving Lymon, Lesa Cline-Ransome
- Free throw, Jacqueline Guest
- Roll with it, Jamie Sumner
- The Santa suit, Mary Kay Andrews
- Last block standing!, by Nick Eliopulos ; cover illustrated by Luke Flower ; interior illustrated by Chris Hill
- Mr. Terupt falls again, Rob Buyea
- Emmy in the key of code, by Aimee Lucido
- I am number four, Pittacus Lore
- The house that Lou built, Mae Respicio
- Two can keep a secret, Karen M. McManus
- Fenway and Hattie, Victoria J. Coe
- Bea is for blended, Lindsey Stoddard
- The blue house, by Phoebe Wahl
- Glitter gets everywhere, Yvette Clark
- Make way for Dyamonde Daniel, Nikki Grimes ; illustrated by R. Gregory Christie