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Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina Young Readers Edition
By COPELAND, Misty
- ISBN
- 9781481479790
- Publisher
- S. & S. Aladdin
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on December 1, 2016 | Middle to High School
Gr 4–7—Although Copeland didn't begin her ballet training until the age of 13, she transcended the competition in just five years' time and became a professional dancer at the American Ballet Theatre. Despite Copeland's extraordinary natural talent, her dance career has not been an easy one. In this young readers edition of her 2014 autobiography, she relates her experiences growing up in a low-income, single-parent family and recounts the custody battle between her mother and her dance teacher. Cope...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Junior Library Guild
Reviewed on April 1, 2017
Although Copeland didn’t begin her ballet training until the age of 13, she transcended the competition in just five years’ time and became a professional dancer at the American Ballet Theatre. Despite Copeland’s extraordinary natural talent, her dance career has not been an easy one. In this young readers edition of her 2014 autobiography, she relates her experiences growing up in a low-income, single-parent family and recounts the custody battle between her mother and her dance teacher. Copeland goe...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
