Reviews for Alphabet City ballet

The average rating for Alphabet City ballet based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2017-05-17 00:00:00 Jeffrey Santoro Marisol dreams of being a dancer and now that she's won a scholarship to the Manhattan Ballet School, it seems as if her dream is coming true. The only problem is...who will take her to the school which is far away and accessible only by multiple trains. Her older brother cannot do it since her works at the local grocery after school and her father is busy working double shifts at the restaurant. She is disappointed because Papi says she cannot go alone...then, a brilliant idea! Desiree, another scholarship recipient, has a parent who can accompany both of them. Marisol's dream is coming to fruition! She is overjoyed...but that joy is soon deflated when Desiree moves and her mother can no longer accompany Marisol. Adding to Marisol's squashed dreams is the fear that her brother, Luis is being recruited by Tito, the local drug lord to do his bidding. She hears and sees things that disturb her, but is hesitant to tattle to their Papi. Of course, as in most stories, all these things come to a head and the outcome is determine by values and how strongly one believes in them and family.

Review # 2 was written on 2011-01-13 00:00:00 John Elton A good simple read. Nice book to promote young readers to have dream, to keep in touch with your culture and the dangers of drugs. It kind of felt like the book didn't do well in mixing cultures though and the ending didn't really give me the nice happy feeling of, "She'll get through anything" since things just seemed to resolve itself either by chance or by her family member helping her. All and all a great read.