Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina by Elaine DePrince, Michaela DePrince

Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina

Elaine DePrince, Michaela DePrince

5 hours, 43 minutes missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction art autobiography biography young adult emotional reflective fast-paced
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The extraordinary memoir of Michaela DePrince, a young dancer who escaped war-torn Sierra Leone for the rarefied heights of American ballet. Michaela DePrince was known as girl Number 27 at the orphanage, where she was abandoned at a young age an...

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Moods

inspiring 94%
emotional 77%
hopeful 58%
reflective 44%
challenging 27%
informative 25%
dark 19%
sad 16%
adventurous 5%
tense 5%
lighthearted 2%
mysterious 2%

Pace

medium 50%
fast 44%
slow 5%

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4.19

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