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A dance like starlight : one ballerina's dream / by Kristy Dempsey ; illustrated by Floyd Cooper.

Dempsey, Kristy. (Author). Cooper, Floyd, (illustrator.).

Summary:

A young girl growing up in Harlem in the 1950s, whose mother cleans and stitches costumes for a ballet company, dreams of becoming a prima ballerina one day, and is thrilled to see a performance of Janet Collins, the first "colored" prima ballerina.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0399252843
  • ISBN: 9780399252846
  • Physical Description: 1 volume (unnumbered pages) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
  • Publisher: New York, New York : Philomel Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA), 2014.

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Target Audience Note:
AD990L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR LG 4.4 0.5 163048.

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Collins, Janet, 1917-2003 > Juvenile fiction.
African Americans > Juvenile fiction.
Ballet dancing > Juvenile fiction.
Discrimination > Juvenile fiction.
New York (N.Y.) > History > 1951- > Juvenile fiction.
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Fiction.

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