The Princess in Black and the Prince in Pink

A Piece of Cake

Diana: Princess of the Amazons

Sing a Song of Tuna Fish: Hard-to-Swallow Stories from Fifth Grade

Freckleface Strawberry: Best Friends Forever

Princess Academy

Fire and Ice: Spirit Animals

The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl: Squirrel Meets World (A Squirrel Girl Novel)

Best Friends

Following up their mega-bestselling Real Friends and Best Friends graphic memoirs, Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham are back with Friends Forever, a story about learning to love yourself exactly as you are.

Shannon is in eighth grade, and life is more complicated than ever. Everything keeps changing. Her classmates are starting to date each other (but nobody wants to date her!), and no matter how hard she tries, Shannon can never seem to just be happy.

As she works through her insecurities and undiagnosed depression, she worries about disappointing all the people who care about her. Is something wrong with her? Can she be the person everyone expects her to be? And who does she actually want to be?

With their signature humor, warmth, and insight, Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham have crafted another love letter to their younger selves and to readers everywhere, a reminder to us all that we are enough.

Discover Your Child's Next Read

The Princess in Black and the Prince in Pink

Leuyen Pham, Dean Hale, Shannon Hale, 2023

A Piece of Cake

Leuyen Pham, 2014

Diana: Princess of the Amazons

Dean Hale, Shannon Hale, Victoria Ying, 2020

Sing a Song of Tuna Fish: Hard-to-Swallow Stories from Fifth Grade

Esmé Raji Codell, Leuyen Pham, 2004

Freckleface Strawberry: Best Friends Forever

Julianne Moore, Leuyen Pham, 2011

Princess Academy

Shannon Hale, 2005

Fire and Ice: Spirit Animals

Shannon Hale, 2014

The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl: Squirrel Meets World (A Squirrel Girl Novel)

Dean Hale, Shannon Hale, 2017