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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 Africa...
2) Granny Dan
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English
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When Danina Petroskova dies, her granddaughter discovers a box that hold a pair of satin toe shoes, a gold locket, and a stack of letters that reveal Danina's hidden past.
Author
Publisher
Algonquin Young Readers
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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Orianna and Violet are ballet dancers and best friends, but when the ballerinas who have been harassing Violet are murdered, Orianna is accused of the crime and sent to a juvenile detention center where she meets Amber and they experience supernatural events linking the girls together.
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Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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Janet Collins wanted to be a ballerina in the 1930s and '40s, a time when racial segregation was widespread in the United States. From her early childhood lessons to the height of her success as the first African-American prima ballerina in the Metropolitan Opera, this is the story in rhyme of her artistic career.
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