{"product_id":"nate-expectations-paperback","title":"Nate Expectations - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTim Federle\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The Nate series by Tim Federle is a wonderful evocation of what it's like to be a theater kid. Highly recommended.\" --Lin-Manuel Miranda, star and creator of the musical, \u003ci\u003eHamilton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"An exceptional swan song for a beloved character.\" --\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews \u003c\/i\u003e(starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThird 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 \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times \u003c\/i\u003ecalls \"inspired and inspiring.\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen the news hits that \u003ci\u003eE.T.: The Musical\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDesperate 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 \u003ci\u003eGreat Expectations\u003c\/i\u003e. (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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis 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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTim Federle is the showrunner and executive producer of \u003ci\u003eHigh School Musical: the Musical: the Series\u003c\/i\u003e, which he created for Disney+. His novels include the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book \u003ci\u003eBetter Nate Than Ever\u003c\/i\u003e 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\" (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e). A film adaptation of \u003ci\u003eNate\u003c\/i\u003e, 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 \u003ci\u003eTequila Mockingbird\u003c\/i\u003e, have sold over half a million copies worldwide. He cowrote the Broadway musical adaptation of \u003ci\u003eTuck Everlasting\u003c\/i\u003eand won the Humanitas Prize for cowriting the Golden Globe and Academy Award-nominated Best Animated Feature \u003ci\u003eFerdinand\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.5 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 10, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Nate Expectations\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Middle Grades, 4-8\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 5.9\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42168501174407,"sku":"9781481404136","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/8f5e4ac711011eebb032ae8ce8cd3cb1.webp?v=1733335865","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/nate-expectations-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}