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Taking flight by Michaela DePrince, Elaine DePrince · Booklabria

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First published: 2014
Language: English
Editions: 4

Synopsis

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.

Subjects: History
Biography
Women
Orphans
Biography & Autobiography
Africa
Set in: United States
Sierra Leone
Characters: Michaela DePrince

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