Mighty Jack by Ben Hatke (first in series)

Zita the Space Girl by Ben Hatke

Amulet series by Kazu Kibuishi

Three Times Lucky by Sheila Turnage (first in a trilogy)

A Whole New Ballgame by Phil Binder (first in the Rip & Red series)

I Survived series by Lauren Tarshis

Cynthia Lord author of Rules, Half a Chance, Touch Blue, Handful of Stars

Jennifer A. Nielsen author of The Scourge, The Ascendance Trilogy 

Barbara O’Connor author of Wish, How to Steal a Dog, The Small Adventures of Popeye and Elvis

Kate Messner author of the Marty McGuire series, The Seventh Wish, Wake up Missing, Eye of the Storm