- Hello, universe, Erin Entrada Kelly
- Finding Langston, by Lesa Cline-Ransome
- Sam Wu is NOT afraid of sharks, Katie & Kevin Tsang ; illustrated by Nathan Reed
- Team taekwondo, Master Taekwon Lee & Jeffrey Nodelman ; illustrated by Ethen Beavers, V. 2
- I even funnier, a middle school story, James Patterson and Chris Grabenstein ; illustrated by Laura Park
- You go first, Erin Entrada Kelly
- Jay versus the saxophone of doom, Kara Kootstra ; with illustrations by Kim Smith ; and an afterword by Bobby Orr
- Felix ever after, Kacen Callender
- A girl like that, Tanaz Bhathena
- School spells, Lou Kuenzler ; illustrated by Kyan Cheng
- The only girl in school, Natalie Standiford ; illustrations by Nathan Durfee
- Restart, Gordon Korman
- Mob school survivor, Greyson Mann ; illustrated by Amanda Brack
- Sidetracked, Diana Harmon Asher
- Hit & miss, Derek Jeter with Paul Mantell
- Reputation, Sarah Vaughan
- Sisters, Daisy Johnson
- Benny Shark goes to friend school, by Lynn Rowe Reed ; illustrated by Rhode Montijo
- All the things that could go wrong, by Stewart Foster
- The year we fell from space, Amy Sarig King
- I walk with Vanessa, a story about a simple act of kindness, Kerascoët
- The best liars in Riverview, Lin Thompson
- The weight of blood, Tiffany D. Jackson
- I love my colorful nails, Alicia Acosta ; Luis Amavisca ; illustrated by Gusti ; [English translation, Ben Dawlatly]
- I am enough, Grace Byers ; pictures by Keturah A. Bobo
- Chrissa, by Mary Casanova ; [illustrations by Richard Jones]
- George, Alex Gino
- Wolf Hollow, a novel by Lauren Wolk
- Big Red and the Little Bitty Wolf, a story about bullying, by Jeanie Franz Ransom ; illustrated by Jennifer Zivoin
- Friend me, Sheila M. Averbuch
- Mia Mayhem vs. the super bully, by Kara West ; illustrated by Leeza Hernandez
- Save me a seat, Sarah Weeks and Gita Varadarajan
- The secret battle of Evan Pao, Wendy Wan-Long Shang
- Bone Gap, Laura Ruby
- Say it out loud, Allison Varnes
- Scar Island, Dan Gemeinhart
- Girls like me, by Lola StVil
- Nobody!, a story about overcoming bullying in schools, by Erin Frankel ; illustrated by Paula Heaphy
- I funny, school of laughs, James Patterson and Chris Grabenstein ; with Emily Raymond ; illustrated by Jomike Tejido
- Super Manny stands up!, written by Kelly DiPucchio ; illustrated by Stephanie Graegin
- All the rage, Courtney Summers
- Starfish, Lisa Fipps
- Big brave bold Sergio, by Debbie Wagenbach ; illustrated by Jamie Tableson
- The best at it, Maulik Pancholy
- The new David Espinoza, Fred Aceves
- Insert coin to continue, by John David Anderson
- Josh Baxter levels up, by Gavin Brown
- Ricky Ricotta's mighty robot, story by Dav Pilkey ; art by Dan Santat
- TBH, this is SO Awkward, a novel in text, Lisa Greenwald
- Blubber, Judy Blume