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A dance like starlight one ballerina's dream /

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.

Main Author: Dempsey, Kristy,
Other Authors: Cooper, Floyd,, Santopolo, Jill,, Wu, Amy,, Megged, Semadar,, Philomel Books,
Format: Book
Language: English
Published: New York, NY : Philomel Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA), [2014]
Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm.
Subjects:
Collins, Janet, -- 1917-2003 -- Juvenile fiction.
Collins, Janet, -- 1917-2003 -- Fiction.
Ballet dancing -- Juvenile fiction.
African Americans -- Juvenile fiction.
Discrimination -- Juvenile fiction.
Ballet dancing -- Fiction.
African Americans -- Fiction.
Discrimination -- Fiction.
New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1951- -- Juvenile fiction.
New York (N.Y.) -- History -- Fiction.

CMU Juv Coll 2nd Floor

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