- Red Knit Cap Girl to the rescue, by Naoko Stoop
- Penguin and Penelope, by Salina Yoon
- The collector, K.R. Alexander
- Bob, Wendy Mass & Rebecca Stead ; with illustrations by Nicholas Gannon
- The secret zoo, Bryan Chick
- The key of lost things, Sean Easley
- Torn, Margaret Peterson Haddix
- When you meet a bear on Broadway, written by Amy Hest ; pictures by Elivia Savadier
- Come along, Daisy!, Jane Simmons
- The only child, by Guojing
- Am I yours?, Alex Latimer
- School of the dead, Avi
- The missing chick, Valeri Gorbachev
- Surrounded by sharks, Michael Northrop
- There was an old woman who lived in a book, Jomike Tejido
- The runaway dolls, [by Ann M. Martin and Laura Godwin ; illustrations, Brian Selznick]
- Arthur lost and found, Marc Brown
- Master of the phantom isle, Brandon Mull
- Scream site, by Justina Ireland
- Snowbound mystery, by Gertrude Chandler Warner ; illustrated by David Cunningham
- Before the devil knows you're here, Autumn Krause
- Hello, universe, Erin Entrada Kelly
- Peanut and Pearl's picnic adventure, story by Rebecca Kai Dotlich ; pictures by R.W. Alley
- Ali the Great and the market mishap, by Saadia Faruqi ; illustrated by Debby Rahmalia
- Wildwood, Colin Meloy ; illustrations by Carson Ellis
- The ogress and the orphans, Kelly Barnhill
- Rise of the jumbies, by Tracey Baptiste
- Have you seen my duckling?, Nancy Tafuri
- The magician's elephant, Kate DiCamillo ; illustrated by Yoko Tanaka
- The storyteller, Aaron Starmer
- Winterwood, by Shea Ernshaw
- Luke on the loose, a Toon book, by Harry Bliss
- We forgot Brock!, Carter Goodrich
- The London Eye mystery, Siobhan Dowd
- Sisters of the lost marsh, Lucy Strange
- Sylvester and the magic pebble, by William Steig
- The missing season, Gillian French
- Lost and found, by Bruce Hale ; cover illustration by Guy Francis
- No place for monsters, written and illustrated by Kory Merritt
- LoterÃa, Karla Arenas Valenti ; illustrations by Dana Sanmar
- The missing piece of Charlie O'Reilly, Rebecca K. S. Ansari
- Freda is found, Stuart J. Murphy
- Looking for Winston, by Poppy Green ; illustrated by Jennifer A. Bell
- The boy on the porch, Sharon Creech
- Shuri, the vanished, by Nic Stone
- A dandelion wish, written by Kiki Thorpe ; illustrated by Jana Christy
- At the speed of lies, Cindy L. Otis
- Hello universe, Erin Entrada Kelly
- The goldfish boy, Lisa Thompson
- Skink no surrender, Carl Hiaasen