- The burning shadow, Michelle Paver
- Dragon legend, by Katie and Kevin Tsang
- Wizard for hire, Obert Skye ; interior illustrations, Brandon Dorman
- Vanishing act, John Feinstein
- Artemis Fowl, Eoin Colfer
- A sprinkle of sorcery, by Michelle Harrison
- Bundle of trouble, a Rebecca mystery, by Kathryn Reiss ; [illustrations by Sergio Giovine]
- Splendors and glooms, Laura Amy Schlitz
- Charlie Hernández & the castle of bones, Ryan Calejo
- Stolen girl, a novel, by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch
- The dead of night, Peter Lerangis
- Raiders' ransom, Emily Diamand
- The thief knot, a Greenglass House story, by Kate Milford ; with illustrations by Jaime Zollars
- Deny all charges, Eoin Colfer
- The golden compass, Philip Pullman
- Day of doom, David Baldacci
- Woods runner, Gary Paulsen
- The safest lies, Megan Miranda
- Pathfinder, Angie Sage ; illustrations by Mark Zug
- When the sea turned to silver, Grace Lin
- The medusa plot, Gordon Korman
- Tristan Strong destroys the world, Kwame Mbalia
- Kidnap on the California Comet, M. G. Leonard and Sam Sedgman ; illustrations by Elisa Paganelli
- Mara the meerkat fairy, by Daisy Meadows
- The otherwoods, Justine Pucella Winans
- Spy school goes north, Stuart Gibbs
- The icebound land, John Flanagan
- Mr. Penguin and the tomb of doom, Alex T. Smith
- Spy toys, Mark Powers ; illustrated by Tim Wesson
- Battle of the beasts, Chris Columbus & Ned Vizzini ; illustrations by Greg Call
- The bad guys in Alien vs. Bad Guys, Aaron Blabey
- The cherished, Patricia Ward
- The red prince, written by Charlie Roscoe ; illustrated by Tom Clohosy Cole
- Pathfinder, by Angie Sage
- Space boy and the snow monster, Dian Curtis Regan ; illustrations by Robert Neubecker
- Heroes on the side, Cyndi Marko
- The glass sentence, S.E. Grove
- Gold rush girl, Avi
- Boy X, Dan Smith
- The hungry ghosts, commentary on a talking cat and a troublesome girl, Miguel Flores
- The secret of Rover, Rachel Wildavsky
- Out of the fire, Andrea Contos
- Artemis Fowl, Eoin Colfer
- Which way to anywhere, written and illustrated by Cressida Cowell
- Pointe, Brandy Colbert
- The medusa plot, Gordon Korman
- Caraval, Stephanie Garber
- Mr. Whiskers and the Shenanigan sisters, Wendelin Van Draanen ; pictures by Laura Catalán
- The League of Unexceptional Children, by Gitty Daneshvari ; illustrated by James Lancett
- Emily Windsnap and the pirate prince, Liz Kessler ; illustrations by Erin Farley