Mackenzie Blue
Authors: Tina Wells
By
Tina Wells
Illustrations by Michael Segawa
In memory of my grandparents,
Loretta Mae Waters & Felder Featherstone Moragne
For Zoey & Azairea Bronson
First Day Blues
A Sour Note
The New Girl
(Not So) Hot Lunch
Missing!
The Message
Rock-and-Roll Teacher
Party Time
Text Trouble
Teacher Feature
Yes No
Student Teacher
Detective Disaster
The Diary Thief
The Apology
True Friends
High Note
The Audition
The Band
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First Day Blues
Hi, Diary,
Today I'm kind of blue. Not blue as in Mackenzie Blue, which I always am. (Ugh! I can't believe I just made that joke.) This kind of blue is so not even funny. Not even a little.
First, my BFF Ally moves ALL THE WAY to PARIS, which is incredibly great for her. Who wouldn't want to live in France? The French have the most fabulous food, très chic fashion, and THE CUTEST guys. (Oooo la la!) Mom says Ally's move could be good for me, too. I'm not sure.
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from Mackenzie Blue Carmichael's computer interrupted her. She slipped her diary and pen off her lap and rushed over to her desk. Awesome! An IM from Ally!
 SPARKLEGRRL: R u there?
Zee typed quickly.
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E-ZEE: Yes. I was just thinking of u!
 SPARKLEGRRL: Help! I h8 school!
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E-ZEE: What's wrong??!
 SPARKLEGRRL: Everything. I can't sleep. No 1 here wants 2 talk 2 me. Maybe it's because I have NO idea how 2 dress like a French person. Did u know they have a thing against sneakers here?
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E-ZEE: Making friends isn't easy, especially in a new country!
So true. Zee became great friends with Jasper Chapman after he moved to Brookdale from London, England, over the summer. Jasper told Zee he had been lonely before he met her at the pool. Even with Jasper, Zee still missed Ally. They had been best friends and had gone to Brookdale Academy's lower school since preschool. And Zee needed Ally more than ever now that she was a seventh grader in Brookdale Academy's upper schoolâin a different building with different teachers.
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E-ZEE: I m nervous about my 1st day of school 2.
 SPARKLEGRRL: Y?
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E-ZEE: What if I can't find my way around? What if I 4get my locker combo? What if my life ends bc all I have time 4 is homework?
 SPARKLEGRRL: I know how u feel. I got lost AND 4 got my combo. No hw yet tho.
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E-ZEE: Ugh! Being a 7th grader in Upper is like being a kindergartner in Lower. U r 1 of the little kidsâexcept no 1 thinks u r cute.
 SPARKLEGRRL: At least you are not alone. Like me.
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E-ZEE: No, u r not. U have me. BFF!!!!