Julia Whelan

Eleven-year-old Liv fights to change the middle school dress code requiring girls to wear a skirt and, along the way, finds the courage to tell his moms he is meant to be a boy. Technically, Olivia is not a girl, even though he was born as a girl. He's transgender. Liv knows he was always meant to be a boy. But at Bankridge Middle School, the dress code means he can't wear pants. Only skirts. So Operation: Pants Project begins! To Liv, this isn't...

"Natasha Romanov, called the Black Widow, agent of S.H.I.E.L.D, rescues a young girl from Ivan, the man who once trained her as an assassin--and eight years later she is called upon to protect the teenager Ava has become from a threat from the past--and possibly from S.H.I.E.L.D itself." --

Philippa Fisher is trying to have a good time on vacation with her parents, but she's feeling lonely. When she meets Robyn, a girl with sad eyes and a strict father, she enjoys the company, but can't help wondering what Robyn and her dad might be hiding. Meanwhile, Daisy, Philippa's best friend (and fairy godsister), sneaks into her former charge's room for a visit, but now has a furtive new mission and must dash away. Philippa longs to uncover the...

Books 4-6 in Shannon Hale & Dean Hale's New York Times bestselling series. Who says princesses don't wear black?
The Princess in Black Takes a Vacation: After battling monsters all night, a sleepy Princess in Black decides that she needs a vacation. After all, the Goat Avenger, a new hero who looks oddly familiar, has offered to protect the goats while she takes a much needed break. The very next day Princess Magnolia rides...