βThe Nate series by Tim Federle is a wonderful evocation of what itβs like to be a theater kid. Highly recommended.β βLin-Manuel Miranda, star and creator of the musical, Hamilton
βAn exceptional swan song for a beloved character.β βKirkus Reviews (starred review)
Third timeβs a charm! Nate Foster returns home to Jankburg, Pennsylvania, to face his biggest challenge yetβhigh schoolβin this final novel in the Lambda Literary Awardβwinning Nate trilogy, which The New York Times calls βinspired and inspiring.β
When the news hits that E.T.: The Musical wasnβt nominated for a single Tony Awardβnot one!βthe show closes, leaving Nate both out of luck and out of a job. And while Nateβs cast mates are eager to move on (the boy he understudies already landed a role on a TV show!), Nate knows itβs 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: heβs going to make a musical out of Charles Dickensβs Great Expectations. (What could possibly goβ¦right?) But when Nateβs 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 β especially when youβve got a secret youβre desperate to sing out about.
This magical conclusion to Tim Federleβs beloved Nate series is a love letter to theater kids young and not-so-youngβand for anyone who ever wondered if they could truly go home again. Especially when doing so means facing everything you thought youβd left behind.