{"product_id":"9780571329731-ballerina-dreams","title":"Ballerina Dreams","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShe has been dancing ever since, and after a spell as a principal dancer in New York, now dances for the Dutch National Ballet in Amsterdam.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeautifully and gently illustrated by Ella Okstad, \u003ci\u003eBallerina Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e is the younger-reader edition of Michaela DePrince's highly moving memoir, \u003ci\u003eHope in a Ballet Shoe\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOne windy day, a magazine blew down the road. I reached out and caught it. A pretty picture of a woman was on the front cover of the magazine. She wore a short pink dress that stuck out around her in a circle. She looked very happy.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt 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 decided to make her dream of becoming a ballerina come true. She has been dancing ever since, and after a spell as a principal dancer in New York, now dances for the Dutch National Ballet in Amsterdam.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeautifully and gently illustrated by Ella Okstad, \u003ci\u003eBallerina Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e is the younger-reader edition of Michaela DePrince's highly moving memoir, \u003ci\u003eHope in a Ballet Shoe\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40943350972513,"sku":"9780571329731","price":6.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_36396180.jpg?v=1759787927","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780571329731-ballerina-dreams","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}