Activism
- *Joy, to the World by Lisa Bunker and Kai Shappley
Ailing Parents
- Starring Kitty by Keris Stainton
Boarding School
- Saddlehill Academy by Jessica Burkhart
Chronic Illness
- *The Year My Life Went Down the Toilet by Jake Maia Arlow (Crohn’s)
- *Will on the Inside by Nick Eliopulos (Crohn’s)
Coming Out
- In the Role of Brie Hutchens… by Nicole Melleby
Covid and its Aftermath
- *Just Shy of Ordinary by A.J. Sass – NB
Divorce and Coping
- Drum Roll, Please by Lisa Jenn Bigelow – B
Film and/or Theatre
- Star Crossed by Barbara Dee – B
- Starring Kitty by Keris Stainton
- Meow or Never by Jazz Taylor
First Crushes
- Almost Flying by Jake Maia Arlow
- *Playbook for Imperfect Planets by Erin Becker
- Hurricane Child by Kacen Callender
Grief and Mourning
- King and the Dragonflies by Kacen Callender (Brother)
- Dear Mothman by Robin Gow (Best Friend)
- Skating on Mars by Caroline Huntoon (Father)
- In the Key of Us by Mariama J. Lockington (Mother)
- Too Bright to See by Kyle Lukoff – T (Uncle)
- *Eli Over Easy by Phil Stamper (Mother)
Mental Health and Neurodiversity
- Moonflower by Kacen Callender
- Hurricane Season by Nicole Melleby
- The Trouble with Robots by Michelle Mohrweis
- The Best At It by Maulik Pancholy
- P.S. I Miss You by Jen Petro-Roy
- Ellen Outside the Lines by AJ Sass
Music
- Candidly Cline by Kathryn Ormsbee
Pride
- Small Town Pride by Phil Stamper
Questioning (Gender)
- Too Bright to See by Kyle Lukoff
- Ana on the Edge by A.J. Sass
Questioning (Sexuality)
- Star Crossed by Barbara Dee
- Rick by Alex Gino – A
- The Deepest Breath by Meg Grehan
Religion
- P.S. I Miss You by Jen Petro-Roy
Sports
- A High Five for Glenn Burke by Phil Bildner (Baseball)
- Saddlehill Academy by Jessica Burkhart (Horseback Riding)
- Skating on Mars by Caroline Huntoon (Ice Skating)
- *Five Second Violation by George M. Johnson (Basketball)
- The Derby Daredevils series by Kit Rosewater (text) and Sophie Escabasse (illustration) (Roller Derby)
- Ana on the Edge by A.J. Sass (Ice Skating)
Summer Camp
- Drum Roll, Please by Lisa Jenn Bigelow – B
- In the Key of Us by Mariama J. Lockington
- Camp QUILTBAG by Nicole Melleby and AJ Sass
Trans Parents
- Different Kinds of Fruit by Kyle Lukoff