Thursday, February 20, 2025

#tbt: Better Nate Than Ever by Tim Federle

Simon & Schuster

Better Nate Than Ever by Tim Federle. 288 p. Nate #1. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, February, 2013. 9781422446892.

#tbt features Better Nate Than Ever by Tim Federle. This book marked Federle's MG debut and features Thirteen-year-old Nate Foster doesn't fit in well in Jankburg, PA. He's a bit overweight, not into sports and adores Broadway musicals even though he's never been to even one. Luckily for Nate, he has one bff who shares his passion. Libby is his ride or die and Nate's alibi when he decides to take a bus to Manhattan to answer an open audition for ET: the Musical. 

Often laugh-out-loud funny, Nate's voice is earnest and endearing and believable. The book was named a Stonewall Honor and the audiobook, which was narrated by the author won an Odyssey Honor. Every budding theater kid should get to know Nate. 

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