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.
- ISBN10 0385755120
- ISBN13 9780385755122
- Publish Date 14 October 2014 (first published 1 January 2014)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 31 August 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
- Format Hardcover (Library Binding)
- Pages 249
- Language English
