- Two steps forward, Rachel Cohn
- Paula Danziger's Amber Brown is tickled pink, written by Bruce Coville and Elizabeth Levy ; illustrated by Tony Ross
- Maya and Annie on Saturdays and Sundays, Los sábados y domingos de Maya y Annie, by = por Gwendolyn Zepeda ; illustrations by = Ilustraciones de Thelma Muraida ; translation by = traducción de Gabriela Baeza Ventura
- Nelly in the wilderness, Lynn Cullen
- At the sign of the star, Katherine Sturtevant
- Amazing Gracie, A.E. Cannon
- Gilda Joyce psychic investigator, the bones of the holy, Jennifer Allison
- Middle school is worse than meatloaf, a year told through stuff, by Jennifer L. Holm ; pictures by Elicia Castaldi
- Paula Danziger's Amber Brown is tickled pink, written by Bruce Coville and Elizabeth Levy ; illustrated by Tony Ross
- Lexie, by Audrey Couloumbis ; illustrated by Julia Denos
- Mister and me, Kimberly Willis Holt ; with illustrations by Leonard Jenkins
- Bounce, Natasha Friend
- The Pluto Project, Melissa Glenn Haber
- My mom's wedding, written by Eve Bunting and illustrated by Lisa Papp
- Ben and the sudden too-big family, Colby Rodowsky
- Write me if you dare!, Emily Rhoads Johnson
- I hate weddings, by P.J. Petersen ; illustrated by Lynne Cravath
- Lost in the sun, Lisa Graff, author of the National book award nominee A tangle of knots
- The fourth grade wizards, by Barthe DeClements
- The summer of Sassy Jo, J.P. Reading
- What hearts, Bruce Brooks
- Oh. My. Gods, Tera Lynn Childs
- Odessa again, Dana Reinhardt ; illustrated by Susan Reagan
- Patiently Alice, Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
- Kristy and the snobs, Ann M. Martin
- Fake me a match, by Lauren Barnholdt
- Kristy's big day, Ann M. Martin
- The list of things that will not change, Rebecca Stead
- Juana & Lucas, big problemas, Juana Medina
- The year of the Sawdust Man, A. LaFaye
- Mystery on Skull Island, by Elizabeth McDavid Jones
- Witch twins, Adele Griffin
- Icing on the cake, Sheryl Berk and Carrie Berk
- Log cabin wedding, by Ellen Howard ; illustrated by Ronald Himler
- The lighter side of life and death, C.K. Kelly Martin
- Wart, Anna Myers
- The story of us, Deb Caletti
- The secret apartment, Natalie Fast
- The list of things that will not change, Rebecca Stead
- Forever Amber Brown, Paula Danziger ; illustrated by Tony Ross
- Amy meets her stepsister, by Callie Barkley ; illustrated by Marsha Riti
- Kristy's big day, Ann M. Martin
- The list of things that will not change, Rebecca Stead
- The private notebook of Katie Roberts, age 11, Amy Hest ; illustrated by Sonja Lamut
- The White House, Roland Smith
- Demon princess, reign or shine, Michelle Rowen
- Out of order, Betty Hicks
- A place to belong, Joan Lowery Nixon
- Including Alice, Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
- Lost in the sun, Lisa Graff