Ayana Ndoum Takes the Stage

Ayana struggles to find a talent for the school variety show and worries that her dad will embarrass her in his role as a variety show volunteer.

About the author

Kekla Magoon is the author of many novels and nonfiction books for young readers, including The Season of Styx Malone, The Rock and the River, How It Went Down, and Revolution in Our Time: The Black Panther Party's Promise to the People. She has received the Margaret A. Edwards Award, the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, the John Steptoe New Talent Award, three Coretta Scott King Honors, the Walter Award Honor, an NAACP Image Award, and been a finalist for the National Book Award. Kekla conducts school and library visits nationwide and serves on the Writers' Council for the National Writing Project. Kekla holds a B.A. from Northwestern University and an M.F.A. in Writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts, where she now serves on faculty. Visit her online at keklamagoon.com.

Summary

In the sixth book of the KIDS IN MRS. Z'S CLASS series, written by award-winning author Kekla Magoon, Ayana Ndoum, who prefers blending into the background, will have to take center stage for the class variety show-but it's hard to concentrate on her talent when her embarrassing dad is at school, too!

Product details

• Authors: Kekla Magoon, Kekla/ Fajardo Magoon, Magoon Kekla
• Assisted by: Kat Fajardo (Illustration), Kate Messner (Introduction)
• Publisher: Little Brown USA
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 6 to 9
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.03.2025
• EAN: 9781523527540
• ISBN: 978-1-5235-2754-0
• No. of pages: 112
• Series: The Kids in Mrs. Z's Class
• Subjects: Education and learning > Readings/interpretations/reading notes > German; USA, JUVENILE FICTION / Family / Parents, JUVENILE FICTION / Readers / Chapter Books, People & places (Children's / Teenage), General fiction (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: General fiction, United States of America, USA, Family & home stories (Children's / Teenage), Relating to African American people, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Places and peoples, JUVENILE FICTION / African American & Black