Ballerina dreams
Subtitle: from orphan to ballerina
By: by Michaela DePrince ; illustrated by James Bernardin
Series: Step into reading. Step 4; Step into reading
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 42
ISBN-13: 9780385755153; 9780385755160
Subjects: Juvenile literature; Orphans; African Americans; Ballet dancers; Biography
Description: "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.

This autobiography introduces Michaela DePrince, who lived the first few years of her life in war-torn Sierra Leone, was adopted by an American family, and is one of the principal dancers in New York City. The coauthor is Elaine DePrince.
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