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 (2)
- Sweep by Jonatha Auxier (3)
- Drum Roll Please by Lisa Jenn Bigelow (3)
- The Benefits of Being An Octopus by Ann Braden (2)
- Fighting Words by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley (2)
- Efren Divided by Ernesto Cisneros (2)
- Scritch Scratch by Lindsay Currie (2)
- My Life in the Fish Tank by Barbara Dee (1)
- The Only Road by Alexandra Diaz (3)
- A Thousand Questions by Saadia Faruqi (2)
- Alone by Megan E. Freeman (1)
- Wink by Rob Harrell (2)
- Ophie’s Ghost by Justina Ireland (1)
- When Stars Are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed (2)
- The Parker Inheritance by Varian Johnson (3)
- New Kid by Jerry Kraft (3)
- City Spies by James Ponti (1)
- A Good Kind of Trouble by Lisa Moore Ramee (3)
- A Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds (3)
- Amal Unbound by Aisha Saeed (3)
- I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys (1)
- Fallout by Steve Sheinkin (1)
- Barakah Beats by Maleeha Siddiqui (1)
- A Wish in the Dark by Christina Soontornvat (1)
- Katie The Catsitter by Colleen A. F. Venable and Stephanie Yue (2)
- The Shape of Thunder by Jasmine Warga (1)
- Nightbooks by J.A. White (3)
- Turtle Boy by Evan Wolkenstein (1)
- Before The Ever After by Jacqueline Woodson (2)
- Front Desk by Kelly Yang (3)