Better Nate Than Ever

Soon to be a Disney+ Original movie!

＂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, Hamilton

A New York Times Notable Book of the Year
A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year
A Slate Favorite Book of the Year

A 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.＂

Nate Foster has big dreams. His whole life, he’s wanted to star in a Broadway show. (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. 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.

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.

Tim Federle was born in San Francisco, grew up in Pittsburgh, and began crashing New York auditions as a teenager, landing in five Broadway shows, from ＂Gypsy＂ (starring Bernadette Peters) to ＂The Little Mermaid＂ (starring Tim in a catfish costume), with stops at Radio City, the Met, and a Super Bowl halftime show along the way. In recent years, Tim has penned popular columns for ＂Apartment Therapy＂ and ＂Huffington Post,＂ choreographed routines for Sting and James Taylor at Carnegie Hall, and coached the child stars of ＂Billy Elliot＂ on Broadway Tim s inspiration for his debut novel, ＂Better Nate Than Ever.＂ Find him at TimFederle.com and on Twitter @TimFederle.＂