Taking flight
from war orphan to star ballerina
by Michaela DePrince and Elaine DePrince
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The memoir of Michaela DePrince, who lived the first few years of her live in war-torn Sierra Leone until being adopted by an American Family. Now seventeen, she is one of the premiere ballerinas in the United States.
Born in war-torn Sierra Leone and adopted at age four by an American family who fostered her love of dancing, Michaela became the youngest principal dancer with the Dance Theatre of Harlem. The coauthor is Elaine DePrince.
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Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina
2016, Random House Books for Young Readers
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1484471199 9781484471197
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Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina
2016, Random House Children's Books
in English
0385755147 9780385755146
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Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina
Oct 13, 2015, Tantor Audio
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1494568225 9781494568221
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Taking flight: from war orphan to star ballerina
2014, Alfred A. Knopf, Random House Children's Books
in English
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0385755112 9780385755115
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Kirkus Review, August 2014
Pub Weekly, August 2014
789Y Childrens Plus, Inc.
Accelerated Reader UG 6.3 9 9 169655
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The memoir of Michaela DePrince, who lived the first few years of her live in war-torn Sierra Leone until being adopted by an American Family. Now seventeen, she is one of the premiere ballerinas in the United States.
Born in war-torn Sierra Leone and adopted at age four by an American family who fostered her love of dancing, Michaela became the youngest principal dancer with the Dance Theatre of Harlem. The coauthor is Elaine DePrince.
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