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Adoptee Reading: An Adoption Book Catalog
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Sierra Leone

Ballerina Dreams: From Orphan to Dancer (Step Into Reading, Step 4) by Michaela DePrince and Elaine DePrince

2015-02-13

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 onceRead More →

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

2015-02-13

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 beautifulRead More →

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