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African American dancers African American dancers Biography African American dancers Biography Juvenile literature African Americans Biography Ballet dancers Ballet dancers United States Biography Juvenile literature Copeland, Misty Copeland, Misty Juvenile literature DePrince, Michaela United StatesLyons, Kelly Starling
Summary: "The A Girl Named series tells the stories of how ordinary American girls grew up to be extraordinary American women. Misty Copeland became the first African American Female Principal Dancer for the American Ballet Theatre, but how did she get there?"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2018
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Summary: "Misty Copeland is one of the most famous dancers in the world. But before she was dancing for millions of fans, Misty was just a young girl who loved ballet, even though she didn't look like the typical ballerina. Learn how she made it all the way to the top in this exciting level 3 biography!"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc 2016
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JBR PURPLETerp, Gail
Summary: Misty Danielle Copeland is an American ballet dancer for American Ballet Theatre, one of the three leading classical ballet companies in the United States
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Publisher / Publication Date: Black Rabbit Books 2017
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE TERLyon, Lea
Summary: Ready to Fly is the true story of Sylvia Townsend, an African American girl who falls in love with ballet after seeing Swan Lake on TV. Although there aren't many ballet schools that will accept a girl like Sylvia in the 1950s, her local bookmobile provides another possibility. A librarian helps Sylvia find a book about ballet and the determined seven-year-old, with the help of her new books,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LYODePrince, Michaela
Summary: "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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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2014
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JBR RED DEPHowden, Sarah
Summary: Presents the life of the African-American dancer, describing her childhood, her ballet training, and her work with the American Ballet Theatre.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Collins 2020
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN HOWDePrince, Michaela
Summary: "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"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf Books for Young Readers 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 DEPCalkhoven, Laurie
Summary: Discusses Misty Copeland's family, childhood, and early dancing years before she became a world famous ballerina.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016