- Adventure according to Humphrey, Betty G. Birney
- Felicity, an American girl, by Valerie Tripp
- The secret letters, Margaret Peterson Haddix
- Sunny, Jason Reynolds
- Rosie Revere and the Raucous Riveters, by Andrea Beaty ; illustrations by David Roberts
- My life as a coder, Janet Tashjian ; with cartoons by Jake Tashjian
- The Watsons go to Birmingham, Christohper Paul Curtis
- Houndsley and Catina and the quiet time, James Howe ; illustrated by Marie-Louise Gay
- A day in the life, bears : what do polar bears, giant pandas, and grizzly bears get up to all day?, Don Hardeman Jr
- When a dragon moves in again, written by Jodi Moore ; illustrated by Howard McWilliam
- Russian roulette, the story of an assassin, Anthony Horowitz
- I survived the Joplin tornado, 2011, Lauren Tarshis
- Grow up, David!, by David Shannon
- The summer I turned pretty, Jenny Han
- A crown of dragons, Chris d'Lacey
- I can't feel my feet, by Tom Watson ; illustrated by Marta Kissi
- Snowmen at night, Caralyn Buehner
- African elephant, a first field guide to the big-eared giant of the Savanna, [written by Dr. Festus W. Ihwagi ; illustrated by Nic Jones]
- The mystery, by Garth Nix and Sean Williams
- Touching Spirit Bear, Ben Mikaelsen
- When stars are scattered, Victoria Jamieson
- The ship of the dead, Rick Riordan
- Day of the Dragon King, Mary Pope Osborne
- Good night owl, Greg Pizzoli
- Hideout, Gordon Korman
- The dark secret, Tui T. Sutherland
- Mockingjay, Suzanne Collins
- Ghoulia and the mysterious visitor, text and illustrations by Barbara Cantini ; translated from the Italian by Anna Golding
- Ramona the pest, Beverly Cleary ; illustrated by Tracy Dockray
- You only die twice, Dan Gutman
- The Basque dragon, by Adam Gidwitz & Jesse Casey ; illustrated by Hatem Aly
- The winter pony, Iain Lawrence
- The bronze key, Holly Black and Cassandra Clare
- Trouble to the Max, by Tom Watson ; illustrated by Marta Kissi
- The Parker inheritance, Varian Johnson
- Guess what is growing inside this egg, Mia Posada
- Raymie Nightingale, Kate DiCamillo
- Code of honor, Erin Hunter
- Two dogs in a trench coat go to school, by Julie Falatko ; illustrated by Colin Jack
- Dark wyng, Chris d'Lacey
- The burning maze, Rick Riordan
- Anne of Avonlea, Lucy Maud Montgomery
- The Wearle, Chris d'Lacey
- How to betray a dragon's hero, by Cressida Cowell
- Scythe, Neal Shusterman
- The alphabet's alphabet, written by Chris Harris ; art by Dan Santat
- My teacher is a monster!, no, I am not, Peter Brown
- Roxy the last Unisaurus Rex, written by Eva Chen ; illustrated by Matthew Rivera
- Whistle for Willie, Ezra Jack Keats
- Game of stars, Sayantani DasGupta