โThe Nate series by Tim Federle is a wonderful evocation of what itโs like to be a theater kid. Highly recommended.โ โLin-Manuel Miranda, star and creator of the musical, Hamilton
โAn exceptional swan song for a beloved character.โ โKirkus Reviews (starred review)
Third timeโs a charm! Nate Foster returns home to Jankburg, Pennsylvania, to face his biggest challenge yetโhigh schoolโin this final novel in the Lambda Literary Awardโwinning Nate trilogy, which The New York Times calls โinspired and inspiring.โ
When the news hits that E.T.: The Musical wasnโt nominated for a single Tony Awardโnot one!โthe show closes, leaving Nate both out of luck and out of a job. And while Nateโs cast mates are eager to move on (the boy he understudies already landed a role on a TV show!), Nate knows itโs back to square one, also known as Jankburg, Pennsylvania. Where horror (read: high school) awaits.
Desperate to turn his life from flop to fabulous, Nate takes on a huge freshman English project with his BFF, Libby: heโs going to make a musical out of Charles Dickensโs Great Expectations. (What could possibly goโฆright?) But when Nateโs New York crush ghosts him, and his grades start to slip, he finds the only thing harder than being on Broadway is being a freshman โ especially when youโve got a secret youโre desperate to sing out about.
This magical conclusion to Tim Federleโs beloved Nate series is a love letter to theater kids young and not-so-youngโand for anyone who ever wondered if they could truly go home again. Especially when doing so means facing everything you thought youโd left behind.
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