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Taking flight : from war orphan to star ballerina

Taking flight : from war orphan to star ballerina

DePrince, Michaela, author.
Book 2016

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. In this engaging, moving, and unforgettable memoir, Michaela shares her dramatic journey from an orphan in West...

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ISBN:
9780385755146
0385755147
Edition:
First Ember Edition 2016
Description:
249 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Notes:
"Originally published in hardcover in slightly different form in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, New York, in 2014"--Title page verso
LCCN:
bl2015053361
Control Number:
2090928
Other Authors:
DePrince, Elaine, author
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