{"product_id":"ballerina-dreams","title":"Ballerina Dreams","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOne windy day, a magazine blew down the road. I reached out and caught it. A pretty picture of a woman was on the front cover of the magazine. She wore a short pink dress that stuck out around her in a circle. She looked very happy.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt the age of three, Michaela DePrince found a photo of a ballerina that changed her life. She was living in an orphanage in Sierra Leone at the time, but was soon adopted by a family and brought to America. Michaela never forgot the photo of the dancer she once saw, and decided to make her dream of becoming a ballerina come true. She has been dancing ever since, and after a spell as a principal dancer in New York, now dances for the Dutch National Ballet in Amsterdam.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeautifully and gently illustrated by Ella Okstad, \u003ci\u003eBallerina Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e is the younger-reader edition of Michaela DePrince''s highly moving memoir, \u003ci\u003eHope in a Ballet Shoe\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57318782632318,"sku":"NW9780571329731","price":8.28,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780571329731.jpg?v=1778687707","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/ballerina-dreams","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}