Maya, Kendra, and Destiny thought their day off from school would be all fun and freedom. They had no idea history had other plans.

Maya Johnson has one plan for October 11th, Black Girls Day Off. She and her best friends Kendra and Destiny are going to ditch school, explore Orlando’s Black owned bookstores, and spend a day made for girls like them.

Then they walk into Sankofa Books. A mysterious book falls open. And nothing will ever be the same.

A portal pulls all three girls through time, dropping them with no way back into the most defining moments in Black American history. They stand with Claudette Colvin as she refuses to give up her seat. They calculate alongside NASA’s Hidden Figures as rockets blaze toward the sky. They walk the busy streets of Greenwood’s Black Wall Street before its fall. They feel the rhythm of Motown as music reshapes the world.

Each leap through history is more breathtaking and more dangerous than the last.

And the mysterious Dr. Eleanor Freeman, who seems to know exactly where and when they will appear next, is not done with them yet.

Black Girls Day Off is a bold, fast paced YA adventure that blends time travel, magical realism, and Black history for every girl who ever wondered if history was really made for her.

Perfect for fans of Roseanne A. Brown, Nnedi Ofofor, and Tracey Baptiste.

Ideal for YA audiences ages 12 and up, Black History Month reading, classroom use, and anyone who loves time travel adventure and stories that celebrate Black girlhood.