The Chance to Fly

A heartfelt middle-grade novel about a theater-loving girl who uses a wheelchair for mobility and her quest to defy expectations-and gravity-from Tony award-winning actress Ali Stroker and Stacy Davidowitz Thirteen-year-old Nat Beacon loves a lot of things: her dog Warbucks, her best friend Chloe, and competing on her wheelchair racing team, the Zoomers, to name a few. But there''s one thing she''s absolutely OBSESSED with: MUSICALS! From Hamilton to Les Mis , there''s not a cast album she hasn''t memorized and belted along to. She''s never actually been in a musical though, or even seen an actor who uses a wheelchair for mobility on stage. Would someone like Nat ever get cast? But when Nat''s family moves from California to New Jersey, Nat stumbles upon auditions for a kids'' production of Wicked , one of her favorite musicals ever! And she gets into the ensemble! The other cast members are super cool and inclusive (well, most of them)- especially Malik, the male lead and cutest boy Nat''s ever seen. But when things go awry a week before opening night, will Nat be able to cast her fears and insecurities aside and ''Defy Gravity'' in every sense of the song title?

Product details

• Authors: Stacy Davidowitz, Ali Stroker, Ali Davidowitz Stroker
• Publisher: Amulet Books
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 8 to 12
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2021
• EAN: 9781419743931
• ISBN: 978-1-4197-4393-1
• Series: The Chance to Fly
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > Art, music; JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Friendship, JUVENILE FICTION / Disabilities & Special Needs