Becoming a Ballerina: The Story of Michaela Mabinty Deprince
by Laura Obuobi and Olivia Duchess
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- Grade
- PK-2
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Picture Book
- Sports
- Cultural Experience
- African American
Year Published 2025
- Text Complexity
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- ATOS Reading Level: Currently Not Available
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Physical Education
- Subject Headings
- Afican Americans--Biography
- African American ballerinas--Biography--Juvenile literature
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Social Topics / Death, Grief, Bereavement
- Ballerines--Biographies--Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
- Adopte?s--Biographies--Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
- Ballerinas
- Ballet
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Diversity & Multicultural
- Women--Biography
- GIFTS FOR TEENS BLACK NONFICTION ADOPTION AFRICAN HISTORY FICTION LITERATURE BIOGRAPHY
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Women
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Performing Arts / Dance
- Ballet--Biography--Juvenile literature
- African Americans--Biography
- DePrince, Michaela
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Social Topics / Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Performing Arts
- Adoptees--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Ballet--Biographies--Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Places / Africa
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / African American & Black
- Ballet--Biography
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Family / Adoption
- DePrince, Michaela--Juvenile literature
- Ballerinas--Biography
- Adoption
- DePrince, Michaela Mabinty, 1995-2024--Biography
- Noirs ame?ricains--Biographies--Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
- African Americans--Biography--Juvenile literature
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Girls & Women
- Ballerinas--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Adoption--Biography
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