The Chance to Fly

By: Ali Stroker, Stacy Davidowitz

Narrated by: Ali Stroker

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?

The disability representation!

As a person who has a person with autism and ADD I love finding characters with mental and physical disabilities that I can relate to! Nat and I would be definitely great friends! Looking forward to the sequel!

Just great

This was just fantastic. Such a neat story, very fun and just read/listen to it already. Tender but strong!

A nice story

This is a very nice story I think you should always read this great story

What stood out the most was the way the story was written.

I disliked the way people said things in the chat. Also, I really like 👍 how there were different tones of voices for the characters.