Taking Flight by Michaela DePrince with Elaine DePrince*

Michaela shares her life journey from being an orphan Sierra Leone to a American ballerina.  The story is captivating and inspiring.
Some of the events in her earlier years are quite harsh and repulsive so this book is not for elementary or even junior high readers.
Warnings: abuse, a brutal murder told in detail, evil "debils"
                   Michaela also briefly shares trying dieting techniques, alcohol and cigarettes.