All that Glitters

By Tina Wells, Mike Segawa (Illustrator)

Part of the The Zee Files series

Can Zee conquer stage fright and new challenges at her British school festival?

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152 pages

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Zee Carmichael faces a whirlwind of challenges at her new British boarding school. As the Creative Arts Festival looms, Zee must prepare a solo performance, navigate complex friendships, and tackle academic pressures. With her confidence wavering, she turns to meditation, therapy, and journaling for support. Can Zee find her voice and shine on stage, or will the weight of her new life in the U.K. hold her back? Discover if Zee can overcome her fears and embrace her new world in this captivating tale of resilience and self-discovery.

From the publisher

See where London takes Zee next in Book 2 of The Zee Files, the spin-off series to the bestselling Mackenzie Blue books!Featured in Children’s Book Council’s July 2022 Hot off the Press list!”The second book in the [Zee Files] series continues to follow Mackenzie (Zee) Blue Carmichael through her life in her new school, the Hollows. She has been so stressed with her academics, new country, new home, new school, new friends, and the upcoming festival performance that her teacher reached out to her father and Zee has started seeing a counselor at school. . . [Zee] has a few successes toward the end. . . Scattered illustrations throughout the book are well designed and carried out, I especially enjoy how emotive they are.”–Youth Services Book Review”In this second installment of the Zee Files, a spinoff of the Mackenzie Blue series, Zee is preparing a song for her school’s art festival. Year nine has proven to be difficult as she adjusts to her new life in the U.K. and being the new student at a posh British boarding school. Zee’s classmates proffer coping tips: meditation, yoga, affirmations. Then Zee begins to see a therapist who encourages journaling. . . Zee is definitely a girl of the 21st century.”–Kirkus ReviewsThe crew can’t stop talking about the school’s biggest event and talent show of the year, the Creative Arts Festival. But while Zee’s excited to see her friends and schoolmates perform, she’s not sure if she’ll ever be ready for the stage. She’s never performed in front of so many people before, or without her bandmates–or in England, no less!With the Festival slowly approaching, classes also get harder while things with her friends and family become more complicated. Will Zee be able to pull it all together in time?

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