Ballerina dreams

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.

subjects: Juvenile literature,  Orphans,  African Americans,  Ballet dancers,  Biography,  JUVENILE NONFICTION,  Beginner,  Africans,  Performing Arts,  Reader,  Biography & Autobiography,  People & Places,  African American,  Women,  Dancers,  Women, biography, juvenile literature,  Dance, juvenile literature,  Sierra leone,  Africa, juvenile literature,  United states, biography,  United states, biography, juvenile literature

People: Michaela DePrince

Places: United States,  Sierra Leone