- Mrs. Stoker is a joker!, Dan Gutman ; pictures by Jim Paillot
- A-okay, Jarad Greene
- Charm, Tracy Wolff
- Perfectly Parvin, Olivia Abtahi
- The fairies' path, by Ava Corrigan
- Hide and go beak, Nancy Krulik ; illustrated by Charlie Alder
- Tally Tuttle turns into a turtle, by Kathryn Holmes ; illustrated by Ariel Landy
- Different for boys, Patrick Ness ; illustrated by Tea Bendix
- Trouble to the Max, by Tom Watson ; illustrated by Marta Kissi
- Those kids from Fawn Creek, Erin Entrada Kelly ; [illustrations by Celia Krampien]
- How we fall apart [Kiosk], Katie Zhao
- Frog's mystery twin, Matt Stanton
- Ningen tawÄ , Asahina Asuka
- Honestly Elliott, Gillian McDunn ; [illustrations by Marguerite Dabaie]
- I miss you, I hate this, Sara Saedi
- The new switcheroo, by Brandon T. Snider ; in collaboration with Jennifer George and the estate of Rube Goldberg ; illustrated by Ed Steckley
- The chronicles of Deltovia, Olivia Jaimes
- Spotlight please... it's Stevie Louise, Tanya Hennessy ; art by Leigh Hedstrom
- May the best man win, ZR Ellor
- Countdown to disaster, by Tom Watson ; illustrated by Marta Kissi
- Azita and me, Sarah Martin
- Day two, the curse of the blue spots, created by Ralph Lazar ; tenderly sculpted into shape by Lisa Swerling
- How to be... the new person, Anna Branford
- My mechanical romance, Alexene Farol Follmuth
- First term at Malory Towers, by Enid Blyton ; illustrated by Stanley Lloyd
- The Puffin book of school stories, chosen by Bernard Ashley ; illustrations by Stephen Lee
- The day Jimmy's boa ate the wash, by Trinka Hakes Noble ; pictures by Steven Kellogg