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Taking flight

Michaela DePrince

2014249 pagesabout 4–6 hours
2014
first published
  • 2014Alfred A. Knopf · 249 pages · ENGISBN 9780385755115
  • 2016Random House Books for Young Readers · ENGISBN 9781484471197
  • 2016Random House Children's Books · 256 pages · ENGISBN 9780385755146
  • 2015Tantor AudioISBN 9781494568221

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.

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