The Chance to Fly, Ali Stroker
The Chance to Fly, Ali Stroker
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The Chance to Fly

Author: Ali Stroker, Stacy Davidowitz

Narrator: Ali Stroker

Unabridged: 6 hr 43 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/13/2021


Synopsis

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?

About Ali Stroker

Ali Stroker won the 2019 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her role as Ado Annie in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! She made history as the first actor in a wheelchair to appear on Broadway in Deaf West’s acclaimed 2015 revival of Spring Awakening. She was featured on The Glee Project, had a guest role on Fox’s Glee, and appeared on Only Murders in the Building and The Bold Type. Ali starred in the Lifetime holiday film Christmas Ever After. She also recently cowrote a novel, The Chance to Fly, and has performed her cabaret act at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, New York’s Town Hall, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, and Carnegie Hall. Her mission to improve the lives of others through the arts, disabled or not, is captured in her motto: “Turning Your Limitations into Your Opportunities.” Visit her online at www.alistroker.com.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Ellen on May 15, 2021

I listened to the book on tape, narrated by Ali herself, and it was phenomenal! Down to her singing the lyrics in the book, a treat on its own. Now for what this book means: I have a child who uses a wheelchair. Her school librarians and myself included have given her all the books out there with ch......more

Goodreads review by Darla on April 13, 2021

For every kid who has a dream, even if the odds are against you, don't ever stop finding ways to fly.--from the Dedication Nat needs a wheelchair to get around due to a car accident that caused irreversible injuries when she was very young. Her parents raised her on showtunes, but Nat has always beli......more

Goodreads review by Cori // ghostlightbooks on April 22, 2021

Nat is 13 years old and she's quite busy with her life in California. She has her dog, Warbucks, and she's been practicing a lot with her wheelchair racing team while also spending time with her best friend Chloe, and obsessing over musicals. But when Nat and her family move to New Jersey, she has......more

Goodreads review by Anniek on January 08, 2023

I don't know too much about musicals, but Nat's enthusiasm was absolutely infecting, which made this into a super super cute read! I loved the cast of characters, and it was amazing to see Nat make new friends and become more confident in herself.......more