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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
940L
Language
English
Formats
Description
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...
Author
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
660L
Language
English
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.
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