Series: From the Diary of Young Mercedes Mace
Each book in the Diary of Mercy series is a collection of short stories that describes the adventures and antics of From the Files' lead character, growing up in an alt-history central Alaska in the Aughts. The daughter of a sanitation worker and a middle school teacher, Mercy's innate curiosity puts her in the middle of numerous terrible situations. "If adults could handle things, I feel like the world would be a better place."