Chance to Fly

After moving across the country, thirteen-year-old Natalie auditions for her new school's play and overcomes her fears and insecurities about performing in a wheelchair.
A Tony Award-winning actress and the author of the Camp Rolling Hills series follows the experiences of a theater-loving girl who uses her wheelchair to defy expectations, and gravity, when she is cast in a kids’ production of a favorite Broadway musical.
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?