Books with a (1) are on the list for the first year, (2) are on for the second year, and (3) are on for the third and final year. Titles on the list are kept in Middle Ground on the Main Level.
- Amaria and the Night Brothers by B. B. Alston (1)
- Sweep by Jonatha Auxier (2)
- Serafina and the Black Cloakby Robert Beaty (3)
- Drum Roll Please by Lisa Jenn Bigelow (2)
- The Benefits of Being An Octopus by Ann Braden (1)
- Fighting Words by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley (1)
- Efren Divided by Ernesto Cisneros (1)
- Scritch Scratch by Lindsay Currie (1)
- The Only Roadby Alexandra Diaz (2)
- A Thousand Questions by Saadia Faruqi (1)
- Space Caseby Stuart Gibbs (3)
- Refugeeby Alan Gratz (3)
- Wink by Rob Harrell (1)
- The Night Diaryby Veera Hiranandani (3)
- When Stars Are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamend (1)
- The Parker Inheritanceby Varian Johnson (2)
- Restartby Gordon Korman (3)
- New Kidby Jerry Kraft (2)
- The Stars Beneath Their Feet by David Barclay Moore (3)
- First Rule of Punkby Celia Perez (3)
- A Good Kind of Trouble by Lisa Moore Ramee (2)
- A Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds (2)
- Amal Unboundby Aisha Saeed (2)
- The Blackthorn Keyby Kevin Sands (3)
- Scytheby Neal Shusterman (3)
- Katie The Catsitter by Colleen A. F. Venable and Stephanie Yue (1)
- The Prince and the Dressmakerby Jen Wang (3)
- Nightbooksby J.A. White (2)
- Before The Ever After by Jacqueline Woodson (1)
- Front Deskby Kelly Yang (2)