Alphabet City Ballet Author:Erika Tamar Marisol has always loved to danceto the salsa at family parties, to the boom boxes on Loisada Avenue. Then she wins a scholarship to ballet school and discovers an inspiring new world of beauty and discipline. But when violence erupts in Alphabet City, Marisols dream starts to slip away. To keep dancing she must make heartbreaking ch... more »oicesperhaps impossible ones. 1996 Americas Commended List (CLASP)« less