Can’t Wait Wednesday The Chance to Fly by Ali Stroker and Stacy Davidowitz

 

Hi! I took an unexpected hiatus last week, but I’m back today. Can't-Wait Wednesday is hosted by Tressa @wishfulendings. This meme is an offshoot of Waiting on Wednesday, which was hosted by Jill @breakingthespine. The purpose of this meme is to feature a book usually unpublished, that we can’t to read. This week I’m featuring The Chance to Fly by debut author Ali Stroker and author Stacy Davidowitz. All information comes from Goodreads.

 

Title: The Chance to Fly

Authors: Ali Stroker, Stacy Davidowitz

Genre: Middle Grade, Contemporary

Expected Publication: April 13^th, 2021

Add to Goodreads: Here

Goodreads Summary

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?

Why I want to read this

 I have enjoyed Ali as a performer since her days on the Glee Project. I’ve followed her career since then, although I haven’t seen her in anything yet. The second reason is that this is a theatre story, and you all know me, I will pick up anything that has theatre as the main plot, or as part of the plot. Third, I think that Middle Grade is doing great things, and I can’t wait to read this story.