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Ballerina dreams from orphan to ballerina

"At the age of three, Michaela DePrince found a photo of a ballerina that changed her life. She was living in an orphanage in Sierra Leone at the time, but was soon adopted by a family and brought to America. Michaela never forgot the photo of the dancer she once saw, and quickly decided to mak...

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Main Author: Deprince, Michaela.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Random House, [2014]
Series: Step into reading.
Subjects:
Deprince, Michaela > Juvenile nonfiction.
Ballet dancers > Sierra Leone > Biography > Juvenile nonfiction.
Ballet dancers > United States > Biography > Juvenile nonfiction.
Orphans > Sierra Leone > Biography > Juvenile nonfiction.
Online Access: Go to Downloadable eBook Here.
Summary: "At the age of three, Michaela DePrince found a photo of a ballerina that changed her life. She was living in an orphanage in Sierra Leone at the time, but was soon adopted by a family and brought to America. Michaela never forgot the photo of the dancer she once saw, and quickly decided to make her dream of becoming a ballerina come true."--Amazon.com.
Physical Description: 42 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
ISBN: 9780385755153 (trade)
0385755155 (trade)
9780385755160 (lib. bdg.)
0385755163 (lib. bdg.)
Author Notes: Michaela DePrince graduated from the American Ballet Theatre's Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis school in New York, and is a dancer with the Dutch National Ballet. She travels between Amsterdam and New York City, where she lives with her family.

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