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Fans of the bestselling Mackenzie Blue books will love this spin-off series that follows Zee's new adventures across the pond--in London! MOM'S CHOICE AWARDS(R) Gold Recipient 2021 American Fiction Awards Finalist, Young Adult category Winner, 2022 IndieReader Discovery Awards Mackenzie (""Zee"") Blue Carmichael has never eaten fish 'n' chips, never slept away from home longer than a few nights, and knows nothing about London. But after her family relocates for her dad's new job, 13-year-old Zee leaves her old life in California behind for a new one in England. Zee lands in London and at her new boarding school, The Hollows, hoping to find new friends and jump-start her music career. All of that proves difficult between a chilly roommate, a BFF who's gone MIA, and distractions from the poshest--and cutest--student in her grade. Will Zee thrive in her new environment, and will London end up not being so bad after all? What readers are saying about The Zee Files: ★★★★★ ""My daughter read this in just over a day!"" ★★★★★ ""Got this for my daughter for her 10th birthday! We read it together and absolutely LOVED the book!"" ★★★★★ ""We gave this book to my niece, and she loved it! She can't wait to see what happens next in the second book.""

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An enviable hero and appealing wish fulfillment that's spiced with teen-friendship drama. --Kirkus Reviews In this character-driven series starter spun off from the Mackenzie Blue series, California girl Mackenzie 'Zee' Blue Carmichael and her family are moving to London, and red-haired, olive-skinned Zee is headed to year nine at an English boarding school. Tina Wells's slice-of-life plotting, told in text message exchanges and a sometimes formal voice, focuses on character introductions, holding some arcs' wrap-ups for the next installment. --Publishers Weekly

An enviable hero and appealing wish fulfillment that's spiced with teen-friendship drama. --Kirkus Reviews

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Tina Wells is a business strategist, advisor, author, and the founder of RLVNT Media, a multimedia content venture serving entrepreneurs, tweens and culturists with authentic representation. Tina has been recognized by Fast Company's 100 Most Creative People in Business, Essence's 40 Under 40, and more. For over two decades she led Buzz Marketing Group, an agency she founded at age 16 with clients like Dell, The Oprah Winfrey Network, Kroger, Apple, P+G, Johnson & Johnson, and American Eagle that Tina connected with her network of 30,000 buzzSpotters(R) and 7,000 ""momSpotters"", all influential millennials and passionate end-consumers. Tina is also the author of seven books, including the best-selling tween fiction series Mackenzie Blue, its 2020 spinoff series, The Zee Files, and the marketing handbook, Chasing Youth Culture and Getting It Right. Tina's board positions have included THINX, the United Nations Foundation's Global Entrepreneurs Council, The Franklin Institute and Young Entrepreneur's Council. She has also served as the Academic Director for Wharton's Leadership in the Business World Program at the University of Pennsylvania and is a member of the 2017 Class of Henry Crown Fellows within the Aspen Global Leadership Network at the Aspen Institute. Veronica Miller Jamison is an alumna of Howard University (BA, Journalism) and spent nearly a decade in broadcast news as a producer for NPR and the AP before she earned her MS in Fashion Design from Drexel University and embarked on a fashion and design career. She teaches fashion illustration at Made Institute, fashion industry at Drexel, and has been a guest lecturer at The University of the Arts. Veronica's clients include Essence Magazine, SheaMoisture, Bloomingdale's, and Hallmark. Her debut picture book A Computer Called Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Helped Put America on the Moon, received a starred review from Kirkus. Veronica lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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