R. E. L. Platt, Taijah Evans, and Naseem Roach team up with illustrator Jamilla Okubo to create a story exploring differences. When they both get captured by an animal-napper, Mya the Lion and Asia the Hyena must team up to escape. In Time for Change: The Lion and Hyena Story, the animals soon learn that though they are different, they can work together to create a better world.

— Simon Traub-Epstein, International Library of Young Authors

From the publisher: “Lions rule the savanna kingdom and are taught to hate hyenas, who compete for the same resources. Then Mya the Lion and Asia the Hyena both get caught by a trapper and have to work together to escape. When they return home, they have to deal with protests and a face-off between their two species, and Mya has to make a tough decision: Should she rest easy in her lion power or speak up for her new hyena friend?”