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Book Report: Tween Heroine ‘Mackenzie Blue’ Comes to Life

 
By Essence · Updated October 29, 2020
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Looking for something fun and informative for your almost teenager to read? Check out Tina Wells’ new book, “Mackenzie Blue” which is available in bookstores today.

Mackenzie Blue, otherwise known as “Zee” is a 12-year old, seventh-grade, aspiring singer/songwriter who struggles with surviving without her best friend who just moved to Paris. In the midst of it all her diary is stolen and her deepest secrets are revealed to those in her classroom. Find out how she deals with it all in this first installment of the Mackenzie Blue series under HarperCollins Children’s Books.

Wells is the youth expert behind Buzz Marketing Group and Buzz Publishing Group. She begins her book tour starting May 9th and will continue through May 29th.-WLW