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"An exceptional swan song for a beloved character." —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
Third time's a charm! Nate Foster returns home to Jankburg, Pennsylvania, to face his biggest challenge yet—high school—in this final novel in the Lambda Literary Award–winning Nate trilogy, which The New York Times calls "inspired and inspiring."
When the news hits that E.T.: The Musical wasn't nominated for a single Tony Award—not one!—the show closes, leaving Nate both out of luck and out of a job. And while Nate's cast mates are eager to move on (the boy he understudies already landed a role on a TV show!), Nate knows it's 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: he's going to make a musical out of Charles Dickens's Great Expectations. (What could possibly go...right?) But when Nate's 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 — especially when you've got a secret you're desperate to sing out about.
This magical conclusion to Tim Federle's beloved Nate series is a love letter to theater kids young and not-so-young—and for anyone who ever wondered if they could truly go home again. Especially when doing so means facing everything you thought you'd left behind.
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Release date
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Kindle Book
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OverDrive Read
- ISBN: 9781481404143
- File size: 4504 KB
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EPUB ebook
- ISBN: 9781481404143
- File size: 4737 KB
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- English
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Levels
- ATOS Level: 5.9
- Lexile® Measure: 860
- Interest Level: 4-8(MG)
- Text Difficulty: 4-5
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Reviews
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January 1, 2019
Federle wraps up Nate's story (Better Nate Than Ever; Five, Six, Seven, Nate!) by taking his title character from Broadway to a new stage: high school. There he comes out as gay to his classmates and spearheads a musical production of Great Expectations. Smart and snappy prose, lighthearted drama, and great characterizations make for an entertaining and moving trilogy finale.(Copyright 2019 by The Horn Book, Incorporated, Boston. All rights reserved.)
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Starred review from July 1, 2018
Attention theater nerds! Nate Foster has returned for one last encore. Sadly, Nate's return is not off to a promising start. His world is breaking apart. The not-really-a-hit E.T.: The Musical did not pick up any Tony nominations, and as Broadway babies know, this usually signals the end of most musical runs. As the show enters its final days, Nate must come to terms with returning home to Jankburg, Pennsylvania, saying goodbye to his aunt and NYC-guardian, Heidi, and leaving his crush (and make-out buddy) Jordan, the star of the show. Things may not be completely bleak, however. Once home, Nate is reunited with his best friend, Libby, and begins his new quest: high school, where his adventures include self-discovery, musical theater (duh), crushes, and coming out. Federle is in fine form here, and readers will laugh out loud at Nate's adventures (and dramatics). The storyline may have matured along with Nate, but the tone is still fresh, irreverent, and over-the-top. Some subplots may be a skosh unrealistic--such as Nate's near-total acceptance in his new school--but readers will likely forgive a point or two as the teen thespians mount a musical adaptation of Great Expectations. As enjoyable as Nate may be, the standout character of the book is Libby, whose Tina Fey-like humor and Oprah-like efficiency will have readers in stitches.An exceptional swan song for a beloved character. (Fiction 10-14)COPYRIGHT(2018) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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