A dance like starlight, one ballerina's dream, by Kristy Dempsey ; illustrated by Floyd Cooper
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A dance like starlight, one ballerina's dream, by Kristy Dempsey ; illustrated by Floyd Cooper
Language
eng
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no index present
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
A dance like starlight
Oclc number
835611576
Responsibility statement
by Kristy Dempsey ; illustrated by Floyd Cooper
Sub title
one ballerina's dream
Summary
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
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primary
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- Biographical fiction -- Juvenile fiction
- African Americans + History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction
- Historical fiction -- Juvenile fiction
- African American girls -- Juvenile fiction
- African Americans -- Juvenile fiction
- Ballerinas -- Juvenile fiction
- New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1951- -- Juvenile fiction
- Collins, Janet, 1917-2003 -- Juvenile fiction
- African American dancers -- Juvenile fiction
- Discrimination -- Juvenile fiction
- Ballet dancing -- Juvenile fiction
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- Classification1
- Contributor1
- Creator1
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- Subject11
- Biographical fiction -- Juvenile fiction
- African Americans + History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction
- Historical fiction -- Juvenile fiction
- African American girls -- Juvenile fiction
- African Americans -- Juvenile fiction
- Ballerinas -- Juvenile fiction
- New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1951- -- Juvenile fiction
- Collins, Janet, 1917-2003 -- Juvenile fiction
- African American dancers -- Juvenile fiction
- Discrimination -- Juvenile fiction
- Ballet dancing -- Juvenile fiction
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- Author1
- Illustrator1
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