Hope in a Ballet Shoe tells the story of Michaela DePrince.
Unfortunately.
But life in the States isn\'t without difficulties.
Then Michaela and her best friend are adopted by an American couple, and Michaela begins to take dance lessons.
Sent to an orphanage, Michaela was mistreated and saw the brutal murder of her favourite teacher.
Her father was killed by rebels and her mother died of famine.
Growing up in war-torn Sierra Leone, she witnessed atrocities that no child ever should.
Hope in a Ballet Shoe tells the story of Michaela DePrince