Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina

Name: Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina
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Author: Michaela Deprince Elaine Deprince
ISBN: 9781790876341

by Michaela Deprince Elaine Deprince

Paperback Ember Published January 2016 English

Age Group: 11-14

Region: Africa

Categories: Biographies

Reading Format: Middle-Grade

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About This Book

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.