The Curlfriends are back and hitting the dance floor in Sharee Miller’s NAACP image award-nominated graphic novel series.

Nola Washington has never met a problem she can’t solve. She’s a fashionista and an honor roll student, and she knows her way around a comb. When she’s not helping her mom at their family’s hair salon, Nola’s hanging out with her besties, the Curlfriends! This time, Ella has signed them up for the school talent show, and who better to lead them in a dance routine than Nola, with her amazing moves? All she needs is a stylish new outfit to perform in, but when one of the salon’s hair dryers breaks down, Nola finds out her mom is having money trouble. If they can’t pay the bills, will the salon go out of business?

Not on Nola’s watch! She’ll do anything to help, but her mom keeps shutting her out. It’s hard to focus on dance practice with her girls, let alone school, when life at home is nowhere near perfect anymore. This doesn’t feel like something Nola can fix on her own, but with the Curlfriends by her side, there’s no problem they can’t solve together!

Sharee Milleris the author and illustrator ofPrincess Hair,Don’t Touch My Hair!, andMichelle’s Garden, all published by LBYR. She is also the illustrator of The Shai and Emmie series written by Quvenzhan Wallis and Nancy Ohlin andSam’s Super Seats,by Keah Brown.She lives in Jersey City with her spouse, son, and two cats, Pumpkin and Spice!

• Publisher: Little, Brown Ink (October 7, 2025)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 232 pages
• ISBN-13: 9780316591492
• Reading age: 8 – 12 years
• Grade level: 3 – 7
• Item Weight: 1 pound
• Dimensions: 5.8 x 0.74 x 8.25 inches
• BISAC Categories: Kids