Taking flight : from war orphan to star ballerina

The Resource Taking flight : from war orphan to star ballerina
Label
Taking flight : from war orphan to star ballerina
Title remainder
from war orphan to star ballerina
Statement of responsibility
Michaela Deprince ; with Elaine Deprince
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Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
The extraordinary memoir of Michaela DePrince, a young dancer who escaped war-torn Sierra Leone for the rarefied heights of American ballet. Michaela DePrince was known as girl Number 27 at the orphanage, where she was abandoned at a young age and tormented as a "devil child" for a skin condition that makes her skin appear spotted. But it was at the orphanage that Michaela would find a picture of a beautiful ballerina en pointe that would help change the course of her life. At the age of four, Michaela was adopted by an American family, who encouraged her love of dancing and enrolled her in classes. She went on to study at the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School at the American Ballet Theatre and is now the youngest principal dancer with the Dance Theatre of Harlem. She has appeared in the ballet documentary First Position, as well as on Dancing with the Stars, Good Morning America, and Nightline. In this engaging, moving, and unforgettable memoir, Michaela shares her dramatic journey from an orphan in West Africa to becoming one of ballet's most exciting rising stars
Biography type
autobiography
Cataloging source
RECBK
Dewey number
  • 792.8/028092
  • B
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
Intended audience
7 years and up
Interest level
UG
LC call number
GV1785.D37
LC item number
A3 2014eb
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
dictionaries
Reading level
6.3
Study program name
Accelerated Reader
Target audience
adolescent

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