When she hears of Maggie’s and Daija’s business, she sees a chance to prove her skills and a way to be accepted. Now she’s leaving her old home in the Bahamas behind, including her old school and friends to move in with the father she’s never met, plus his family. She needs the money to pay for extra ballet lessons so she can go en pointe and earn a spot in the fall dance showcase, making her distant father proud at last-if she pulls this off, he’ll have to pay attention to her.Ĭallie’s still grieving her late mom. So she can’t let new half-sister Callie take her place! And she can’t let her interfere with their new Braid Girls business, either. They’re determined to make tons of money braiding hair for kids around the neighborhood.ĭaija’s always felt like she had a sister in Maggie. But she won’t let a new family member get in the way of her summer plans with best friend Daija. Maggie’s world is turned upside down when she learns that her father, whom she admires, has a second daughter, Callie, whom no one knew existed. Perfect for fans of From the Desk of Zoe Washington, Maggie, her best friend Daija, and her new half-sister Callie team up to create the ultimate hair-braiding business, but the Braid Girls aren’t the only hairstylists on the scene-available simultaneously in paperback. Sherri’s novel Lotus Bloom and the Afro Revolution was recently longlisted for the National Book Award.

Winston is also a three-time nominee for the Pulitzer Prize in Commentary for her weekly lifestyle column. She was the recipient of the Clarion Award for journalists, as well as winner of a journalism fellowship at the University of Michigan. Winston, a native of Michigan, spent several years as a newspaper columnist and journalist in sunny South Florida’s Sun-Sentinel newspaper. Winston continues to be amazed that people call her “author” and buy her books. President of the Whole Fifth Grade was also selected to Tennessee’s recommended list and the Sound Summer Recommended Reading List for the New York Public Library. The Sweetest Sound and President of the Whole Fifth Grade, were both selections for the state of Florida’s Libraries Sunshine State Young Readers Award, which recommends the best books for grades 3-5 and 6-8. Lotus Bloom and the Afro Revolution, Jada Sly, Artist & Spy, The Sweetest Sound and President of the Whole Sixth Grade: Girl Code are also among her recent books. The Braid Girls is her latest book with Little, Brown. She is also a lover of cupcakes, cooking shows and spy movies. Sherri Winston is a proud mama of two beautiful daughters.

The Sweetest Sound by Sherri Winston