Given a once-in-a-lifetime chance to spend the summer with a New York City dance troupe, Tilly is determined to turn it into a career despite her family's wishes, fears about the city, and the cutthroat dancers.

"A small, frail girl with wobbly legs and turned-out toes became the first Jewish prima ballerina assoluta in history, Alicia Markova"--

"The little dancers are ready to shine onstage! Miss Amy's ballet studio is putting on a new dance performance called the Butterfly Ball. Rosa and her four friends rehearse leaping, balancing, and twirling to perfect their dances! Rosa feels like all her hard work was for nothing when she is cast in a disappointing role, but her friends help her discover that this small part is of great importance. Rosa feels as beautiful as a butterfly, and maybe...