Ballerina: My Story Book

Fairy Tales Can Come True

From the time she was eight, Darci Kistler knew she wanted to be a ballerina. At thirteen she was on her own in New York City, attending one of the most famous ballet schools in the world. at seventeen she became the youngest principal ballerina in the history of the New York City Ballet.

How did Darci make her dream come true? In her own words, she tells about her amazing career, from her first pink tutu to her starring role in The Nutcracker ballet. Here is the fairy tale story of what it's really like to become a ballerina.

This inspiring middle-grade autobiography of the youngest-ever principal ballerina of the New York City Ballet coincides with the national release of the New York City Ballet movie The Nutcracker, starring Kistler as the Sugar Plum Fairy and Macaulay Culkin as the prince.