Zuri Ray Tries BalletMeet Zuri Ray. She's always willing to go the extra mile for family and friends and is up for any challenge. At least, that was before her best friend, Jessie, asked her to join a ballet camp. Now Zuri isn't sure if she's up for everything. While Jessie can't wait to chass and pli while wearing tight hair buns and frilly tutus, that doesn't sound like Zuri at all! But she can't let her friend down. Maybe classical ballet just needs a new spin . . .

Malala realized that she could still work hard every day to make her wishes come true

But one morning

school policies

With subtle

Devon and Chiamaka are the only students chosen to be Senior Prefects who are also black

and juvenile justice

and then one of the biggest movie stars in Hollywood history

Complex conversations around race

Shani King summons a magnificent historical and contemporary context for honoring the fortitude of Black role models

and performances that affirm complexity

and a roguish naval captain who will later become King William IV of England

Babalola also reimagines Greek myths