Becoming a Ballerina: The Story of Michaela Mabinty DePrince Format:Hardcover With spare text and exquisite

With spare text and exquisite illustrations

and anti-racist activist

In the United States

is a riveting and poignant story of Carmen’s experience of race and culture in America and how they shape who we think we are

a bracingly honest look at a long-ignored part of American life

Becoming a Ballerina: The Story of Michaela Mabinty DePrince Format:Hardcover With spare text and exquisiteFrom Laura Obuobi, acclaimed author of NAACP Image Award nominee Black Gold and What Love Looks Like, comes a triumphant nonfiction picture book about ballet star Michaela Mabinty DePrince, one of the most celebrated ballerinas of our generation. This lyrical true tale follows her childhood, from Sierra Leone orphan to world famous dancer. In a Sierra Leone dust storm, ballet swooped into Michaela Mabinty DePrinces life and never let her go. After her