Scan barcode
mckinlay's review against another edition
5.0
*i received an ARC from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.*
I love this series so friggin much and i will never understand why it’s not more popular. If i had a kid, this is a series I’d beg them to read.
I love this series so friggin much and i will never understand why it’s not more popular. If i had a kid, this is a series I’d beg them to read.
adeslibrary's review against another edition
4.0
this trilogy, following nate's dream, was beautiful and cute and funny.
this third and final book was hilarious, still in the tone of the first two books and very good. nate is one of my favorite characters of all time. he is the best narrator. and i cried at the end. the end (and the entire trilogy) give us courage. courage to follow our life, the direction we want. to follow ourselves. and it also says that musicals are the best, and yeah, they are!!
tim federle did a wonderful job. i will cherish this trilogy with all my heart.
this third and final book was hilarious, still in the tone of the first two books and very good. nate is one of my favorite characters of all time. he is the best narrator. and i cried at the end. the end (and the entire trilogy) give us courage. courage to follow our life, the direction we want. to follow ourselves. and it also says that musicals are the best, and yeah, they are!!
tim federle did a wonderful job. i will cherish this trilogy with all my heart.
emilymorgan02's review against another edition
3.0
This wasn't my favorite Nate book...but it was fun to read and see what happens to Nate when he unexpectedly has to move back to his hometown and attend high school. I love Federle's humor, and it's nice to read a fun and fast book.
petersenftleben's review against another edition
5.0
So charming, so funny. Loved hearing Tim read the audiobook. The inside jokes (Tuck Everlasting shout out!) landed even harder in his voice. I wish I had this series when I was in middle school.
ashleylm's review against another edition
4.0
I'm always happy to spend time in Nate's company. It's not quite as exciting as the other books (I guess I'm a fame-junkie, but getting cast in a Broadway show, and being in a Broadway show, both beat not-doing-a-Broadway-show), but it's fun, funny, gentle, and kind-hearted. I love books to be innately kind-hearted (speaks to the author's character, I imagine), and he was honest enough to include a reference to his own flop Broadway musical (Tuck Everlasting) which had moments of wonderfulness but was often just bewildering and off-putting (I'm sure the authors were to a certain extent hamstrung by the source material). But I still love Nate!
(Note: 5 stars = amazing, wonderful, 4 = very good book, 3 = decent read, 2 = disappointing, 1 = awful, just awful. I'm fairly good at picking for myself so end up with a lot of 4s). I feel a lot of readers automatically render any book they enjoy 5, but I grade on a curve!
(Note: 5 stars = amazing, wonderful, 4 = very good book, 3 = decent read, 2 = disappointing, 1 = awful, just awful. I'm fairly good at picking for myself so end up with a lot of 4s). I feel a lot of readers automatically render any book they enjoy 5, but I grade on a curve!
readingthroughtheages's review against another edition
4.0
A fantastic close to the series - I love seeing how this novel brings everything full circle.
yapha's review against another edition
4.0
In this final book in the Nate Foster trilogy, Nate finds himself back home in Pennsylvania, but his return is not quite what he expected or feared. It proves that you can take the boy out of Broadway, but you can't take Broadway out of the boy. Highly recommended for fans of the series, which should be mandatory reading for musical theater buffs. For grades 5 & up.
eARC provided by publisher via Edelweiss
eARC provided by publisher via Edelweiss
the_fabric_of_words's review against another edition
5.0
This is the conclusion to Nate's series, and we cried a bit at the end, especially how it all wraps up, with the tie to the first book. It was quite poetic.
Nate's run on Broadway's E.T.: The Musical is over. The show fails to get even a Tony nomination so it's back to Janksburg, PA. Where no one gets Nate.
Except...maybe now they do? He's a bit of a celebrity, due to Libby, his best friend (and it was great to finally see her in action!) and indefatiguable marketing machine. And when he decides, for an English project, to stage his own musical -- Charles Dickens' Great Expectations, set to modern day music (without getting the rights to use the music, of course and unfortunately) -- he becomes Nate the Director, sought out by Gym teachers looking out for their neices and a really cute boy named Ben.
I won't spoil the twists and turns, and it is a bit of a romance, but all very innocent and uplifting (I can't say what happens; that would ruin it, so just trust me on this, it's a great ending!).
This series was such a gem. You'll have to read it for yourself and enjoy Nate's antics, his wonderful sense of humor and unique way of interpreting the world around him. It'll make a great gift for the holidays.
Enjoy!
Looking for more book suggestions for your 7th/8th grade classroom and students?
Visit my blog for more great middle grade book recommendations, free teaching materials and fiction writing tips: https://amb.mystrikingly.com/
Nate's run on Broadway's E.T.: The Musical is over. The show fails to get even a Tony nomination so it's back to Janksburg, PA. Where no one gets Nate.
Except...maybe now they do? He's a bit of a celebrity, due to Libby, his best friend (and it was great to finally see her in action!) and indefatiguable marketing machine. And when he decides, for an English project, to stage his own musical -- Charles Dickens' Great Expectations, set to modern day music (without getting the rights to use the music, of course and unfortunately) -- he becomes Nate the Director, sought out by Gym teachers looking out for their neices and a really cute boy named Ben.
I won't spoil the twists and turns, and it is a bit of a romance, but all very innocent and uplifting (I can't say what happens; that would ruin it, so just trust me on this, it's a great ending!).
This series was such a gem. You'll have to read it for yourself and enjoy Nate's antics, his wonderful sense of humor and unique way of interpreting the world around him. It'll make a great gift for the holidays.
Enjoy!
Looking for more book suggestions for your 7th/8th grade classroom and students?
Visit my blog for more great middle grade book recommendations, free teaching materials and fiction writing tips: https://amb.mystrikingly.com/
renatasnacks's review against another edition
4.0
This is a really sweet and funny ending to this trilogy. <3 Nate!