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Taking Flight
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- Narrated by: Allyson Johnson
- Length: 5 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Release date: 10-13-15
- Language: English
- Publisher: Tantor Audio
- Whispersync for Voice-ready
Regular price: $20.99
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Publisher's Summary
Michaela DePrince was known as girl no. 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 now dances for the Dutch National Ballet. In this engaging, moving, and unforgettable memoir, Michaela shares her dramatic journey from an orphan in West Africa to becoming one of ballet's most exciting rising stars.
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- Corrina
- 04-02-16
Inspiring story of perseverance
This story makes me appreciate this dancer even more and the hard work it took for her to succeed.
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- Fiona Kalu
- 07-16-18
Incredible!!
I have never cried reading a memoir the way I cried reading this book. In just 4 hours, I was done reading and I couldn't help but feel inspired and also saddened by the pain Michaela and her sisters endured during the Sierra Leone civil war.
I highly recommend this book. You won't put it down. I promise.
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- Amazon Customer
- 05-30-17
Inspiring!
This book will make you cry sad tears and happy tears. It begins with such heartbreak and devastation but developed into hope and love and passion.
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- sindy scholze
- 11-24-15
Such an inspirational book:)
I loved this book so much:)
It inspired me to become the best that I could be as a dancer and strive my hardest like Michaela did. This is definitely a great read for students in middle school or starting high school!