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Better Nate than ever

An eighth-grader who dreams of performing in a Broadway musical concocts a plan to run away to New York and audition for the role of Elliot in the musical version of "E.T."

Main Author: Federle, Tim (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York ; London ; Toronto ; Sydney ; New Delhi : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2013]
Subjects:
Musicals > Juvenile fiction.
Theater > Juvenile fiction.
Auditions > Juvenile fiction.
Teenage boys > Juvenile fiction.
Broadway (New York, N.Y.) > Juvenile fiction.
New York (N.Y.) > Juvenile fiction.
Summary: An eighth-grader who dreams of performing in a Broadway musical concocts a plan to run away to New York and audition for the role of Elliot in the musical version of "E.T."
Physical Description: 275 p. ; 22 cm
Audience: 009-013.
ISBN: 9781442446892 (hardcover)
1442446897 (hardcover)
9781534429130
Author Notes: Tim Federle is the showrunner and executive producer of High School Musical: the Musical: the Series , which he created for Disney+. His novels include the New York Times Notable Book Better Nate Than Ever and its Lambda Literature Award-winning sequel--which Lin-Manuel Miranda called "a wonderful evocation of what it's like to be a theater kid" ( New York Times ). A film adaptation of Nate , written and directed by Federle, will premiere on Disney+ in spring 2022. The film stars Aria Brooks, Joshua Bassett, Lisa Kudrow, and Rueby Wood as Nate. Tim's hit series of cocktail recipe books, including Tequila Mockingbird , have sold over half a million copies worldwide. He cowrote the Broadway musical adaptation of Tuck Everlasting and won the Humanitas Prize for cowriting the Golden Globe and Academy Award-nominated Best Animated Feature Ferdinand , starring John Cena and Kate McKinnon. A former Broadway dancer, Tim was born in San Francisco, grew up in Pittsburgh, and now divides his time between Los Angeles and the internet.

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