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SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE DIRECTED BY MADONNA!   The extraordinary memoir of an orphan who danced her way from war-torn Sierra Leone to ballet stardom, most recently appearing in Beyonce’s Lemonade and as a principal in a major American dance company.   "Michaela is nothing short of a miracle, born to be a ballerina. For every young brown, yellow, and purple dancer, she is an inspiration!” —Misty Copeland, world-renowned ballet dancer   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.   At the age of four, Michaela was adopted by an American family, who encouraged her love of dancing and enrolled her in classes. She went on to study at the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School at the American Ballet Theatre and is now the youngest principal dancer with the Dance Theatre of Harlem. She has appeared in the ballet documentary First Position, as well as on Dancing with the Stars, Good Morning Ameri

Who reads Taking Flight : from War Orphan to Star Ballerina?

Author

Michaela DePrince, Elaine Deprince, Elaine DePrince

Publisher

New York: Knopf Books for Young Readers

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9780385755146

Category

performing arts

Subjects

Fiction, Memoir, Anthropology

Rating

4.22 / 5 (1,685 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14