• Age: 12 to 15
• Grade: 7 to 10
• Reading age: 12 to 15

Fifteen-year-old Zoe is many things, but confident is not one of them. Perhaps that’s why she prefers the company of animals. A self-professed advocate for their rights, Zoe is not above taking matters into her own hands. But the stakes are raised when she finds herself at the centre of a dangerous conspiracy involving the disappearance of animals from a shelter. She turns to street-savvy Alex Fisher, her troubled Social Studies partner, to help unravel the mystery. Zoe soon learns that nothing is as it appears, as she is confronted by angry parents, a dangerous sociopath, and an ill-advised romance.

Lucy Lemay Cellucci is a native of North Bay, Ontario. Upon graduating from post-secondary studies, she moved to Ottawa, where she currently resides with her husband and two young children. Lucy is employed as a dance educator in a small dance studio. Here she has had the tremendous opportunity to work daily with young adults, her chosen reading audience. Although passionate about teaching dance, her first love is the written word. A self-professed "closet writer", she spent her childhood and adolescence writing poetry and short stories. As an adult, her writing took a back seat for several years until an idea for a story could no longer be ignored. "Zoe was with me everywhere I went. I would hear her voice, catch myself thinking her thoughts…" Sitting down to write the novel was the only way to get Zoe out of Lucy’s head.

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"[four out of four stars] True Colours will inspire and foster an interest in activism in any reader, and the novel provides a great starting point for encouraging readers to explore what small things they can do to improve their communities and the world through small, personal acts."

CM Magazine

"With strong witty characterizations, this is an utterly believable teen adventure that is often truly laugh out loud funny as Zoe deals with all the usual teenage conniptions and the bizarre predicaments she finds herself in. Complimenting the whole story line is the best irritating sibling in fiction to be encountered in a long time."

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