Jesse Tyler Ferguson, star of Modern Family Federle writes from the heart and hits you in the gut-not to mention your funny bone.' 'The book I needed-and would have adored-when I was a kid. 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. He cowrote the Broadway musical adaptation of Tuck Everlastingand won the Humanitas Prize for cowriting the Golden Globe and Academy Award–nominated Best Animated Feature Ferdinand, starring John Cena and Kate McKinnon.

Tim’s hit series of cocktail recipe books, including Tequila Mockingbird, have sold over half a million copies worldwide. The film stars Aria Brooks, Joshua Bassett, Lisa Kudrow, and Rueby Wood as Nate. A film adaptation of Nate, written and directed by Federle, will premiere on Disney+ in spring 2022. 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). Tim Federle is the showrunner and executive producer of High School Musical: the Musical: the Series, which he created for Disney+. Tim Federle’s “hilarious and heartwarming debut novel” ( Publishers Weekly) is full of broken curfews, second chances, and the adventure of growing up-because sometimes you have to get four hundred miles from your backyard to finally feel at home. There’s an open casting call for E.T.: The Musical, and Nate knows this could be the difference between small-town blues and big-time stardom. (Heck, he’d settle for seeing a Broadway show.) But how is Nate supposed to make his dreams come true when he’s stuck in Jankburg, Pennsylvania, where no one (except his best pal Libby) appreciates a good show tune? With Libby’s help, Nate plans a daring overnight escape to New York. His whole life, he’s wanted to star in a Broadway show. Highly recommended.” -Lin-Manuel Miranda, star and creator of the musical, HamiltonĪ New York Times Notable Book of the YearĪ Publishers Weekly Best Book of the YearĪ small-town boy hops a bus to New York City to crash an audition for E.T.: The Musical in this winning middle grade novel that The New York Times called “inspired and inspiring.” “The Nate series by Tim Federle is a wonderful evocation of what it’s like to be a theater kid.

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