Zoey's Zany Life

by Mikayla Lowery

Overview

With a perfect twin sister and friends who have everything, Zoey Song can't catch a break from quirky mishaps and hilarious accidents. Trouble follows this mischievous redhead everywhere. Can Zoey find a place in her world where life isn't unbearable? Let's just say, sixth grade becomes quite the journey from self-loathing to self-confidence.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780692908983
Publisher:	Charlie's Port
Publication date:	11/13/2018
Series:	Zany Zoey , #1
Edition description:	This Warm-Hearted Redhead Goes from One Wacky Mishap to Another. ed.
Pages:	174
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

About the Author

Mikayla Grace Lowery was born in China on August 23rd, 2005 in a large city called Chong Qing. Someone took her to an orphanage where she stayed for a year. She was blessed beyond measure to be adopted by Scott and Jenny Lowery of Cartersville, Georgia, one month after her first birthday.
Mikayla is now eleven and still lives in Georgia, bringing joy to everyone she knows. She started writing short stories when she was nine and created the character of Zoey Song at age ten. Thus Zoey's zany life was born.
Charlie's Port publishes Mikayla's monthly blog that explores the art of writing from a child's viewpoint. Charlie's Port is developing the Zany Zoey series and has commissioned her to write a picture book about the eating habits of birds.
Of course Mikayla's favorite thing to do is write. She spent eight years as a competitive gymnast, winning herself over seventy medals. Bent on becoming a professional child author, she has decided to step back from gymnastics to focus on her craft but stays active with CrossFit training. She is the only female in her current group, which consists of many men aged fourteen to fifty. That is no joke.
Mikayla loves all forms of visual art, interior design, and calligraphy. She also plays the piano and is very active at her church. She has been an honor roll student every year and is currently in sixth grade working above grade level in ELA and Math and AP science.
Mikayla is very devoted and never gives up on a goal. She maintains countless proud supporters.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: The Switch

Chapter 2: The Audition

Chapter 3: Christmas in Colorado

Chapter 4: The Babysitters

Chapter 5: The New Girl

Chapter 6: Businesses

Chapter 7: Track and Field

Chapter 8: Work

Chapter 9: Star Scouts

Chapter 10: News

Chapter 11: Camping

Chapter 12: Movies and Secrets

Chapter 14: Fieldtrip Fun

Chapter 15: Cotillion

Chapter 16: The Graduation Speech

Editorial Reviews

Lowery writes [her debut] with heart and ends Zoey’s sixth-grade year with a stirring speech about being yourself and learning from one another... This outspoken narrator should monologue her way into readers’ hearts and teach them a few valuable lessons along the way. - KIRKUS Reviews

The mind of Zoey Song is like a torrential river after a storm. Zoey’s Zany Life by Mikayla Lowery is one of the best examples of a child’s mind expressing “stream of consciousness.” This book is a wonderful, wacky adventure. -Portland Book Review

That this is coming from the mouth of a publishing world prodigy (remember: having your first book published at the age of 35 is considered to be young by publishing world standards) is incredible. I’m 43 years old, and I think even I could stand to hear some of what Lowery is preaching here from time to time. - Zachary Houle, MEDIUM

This author brought forth a fabulous read that I will cherish forever and will go back and re-read just so that I can feel what it is to be that age again and again. -Jenny Bynum Reviews

A wonderful read for late elementary/middle schoolers with strong narration, and identity as the main theme. - Marisa Donnelly, The Teacher’s Closet

It is astonishing that a child could write such brilliant stream of consciousness. -Mary Claire Branton, Charlie’s Port

From the Publisher

2018-06-17
What do you get when you combine a free-spirited young girl with a world full of rules? Hijinks—and lots of them.In this debut middle-grade novel, Zoey Grace Song loves to talk, make her special chocolate pancakes, and take charge of any situation. She starts the sixth grade off by constantly getting into trouble—for being a distraction in class, bleaching her hair, and (accidentally) setting off a small explosion in school. She always seems to march to the beat of her own drum, often to her parents' chagrin. Zoey's mostly able to shrug off any naysaying in a refreshingly self-assured fashion, but sometimes the criticisms get to her, especially when she's compared to her perfect twin sister, Zelena. (Thinking about a teacher, Zoey wonders whether "Mrs. Lewis would like me better if I was like Zelena.") In her series opener, Lowery sometimes exaggerates Zelena's maturity or other characters' defining traits to the point of absurdity. But the 12-year-old author displays real empathy when the players have to contend with Zoey's attention-grabbing ways. The protagonist is always excited to be in the spotlight: joining a local Scout troop, starting several businesses, and even hanging her own artwork at museums. When she can't join the track team with her sister, Zoey's upset, but Zelena provides a welcome dose of reality: "This is the first time people will focus on me as me, instead of Zoey's twin." Lowery writes with heart and ends Zoey's sixth-grade year with a stirring speech about being yourself and learning from one another ("It doesn't matter what others think of you, it only matters what you think of yourself").This outspoken narrator should monologue her way into readers' hearts and teach them a few valuable lessons along the way.

Kirkus Reviews