![]() ![]() And as she delves deeper into the mystery, it makes her question the place she’s started to find for herself at Monarch Middle School. Because although Zen knows she can find who did it, she’s also aware that success may not make her popular with her classmates. Then the school website is hacked, and it changes everything. The only comforts lie in Arli, a self-proclaimed word geek, and the familiar riddles of Cyberlandium. Despite all the hardships she’s faced, though, Zen finds new challenges in middle school-girls who make fun of her, a boy who despises her for her skill at technology, and the constant fear that someone will learn she’s transgender. Or that although Zen was born a boy, in her new home in Maine, she’s been able to transition publicly to the girl she’s always been inside. The fact that she’s not living with her parents but with her two eccentric aunts. ![]() ![]() Her skills at tech, for example, developed over long days sitting at home when her father wouldn’t let her leave the house. There are plenty of ways that Zenobia July is different from her fellow students when she starts Monarch Middle School. ![]()
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