A heartfelt middle-grade novel about a theater-loving girl who uses a
wheelchair for mobility and her quest to defy expectations--and
gravity--from Tony award-winning actress Ali Stroker and Stacy
Davidowitz
Thirteen-year-old Nat Beacon loves a lot of things: her dog Warbucks,
her best friend Chloe, and competing on her wheelchair racing team, the
Zoomers, to name a few. But there's one thing she's absolutely OBSESSED
with: MUSICALS! From Hamilton to Les Mis, there's not a cast album
she hasn't memorized and belted along to. She's never actually been in a
musical though, or even seen an actor who uses a wheelchair for mobility
on stage. Would someone like Nat ever get cast?
But when Nat's family moves from California to New Jersey, Nat stumbles
upon auditions for a kids' production of Wicked, one of her favorite
musicals ever! And she gets into the ensemble! The other cast members
are super cool and inclusive (well, most of them)-- especially Malik,
the male lead and cutest boy Nat's ever seen. But when things go awry a
week before opening night, will Nat be able to cast her fears and
insecurities aside and "Defy Gravity" in every sense of the song
title?