A Dance Like Starlight
One Ballerina's Dream
New York, NY : Philomel Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA), [2014]
Format: Book
Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
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.
Subjects:
Collins, Janet -- Juvenile fiction.
Ballet dancing -- Juvenile fiction.
African Americans -- Juvenile fiction.
Discrimination -- Juvenile fiction.
New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1951- -- Juvenile fiction.
Collins, Janet -- Juvenile fiction.
Ballet dancing -- Juvenile fiction.
African Americans -- Juvenile fiction.
Discrimination -- Juvenile fiction.
New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1951- -- Juvenile fiction.
Target Audience: AD990L
ISBN:
0399252843
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