TY - SER KW - teenagers KW - high schools KW - musical theater AU - Tim Federle AB - Eighth grader Nate Foster dreams of performing in a Broadway musical. From his hometown of Jankburg—unofficial motto: “48.5 miles from Pittsburgh and a thousand miles from fun”—Nate devises a plan to reach New York and audition for the role of Elliot in E. T.: The Musical. C1 - 2010s C3 - Allegheny County; Pittsburgh; Downtown; Pittsburgh Creative and Performing Arts (CAPA) High School; Oakland; University of Pittsburgh C4 - Children’s; Comedy CY - New York LA - English M3 - Novel N2 - Eighth grader Nate Foster dreams of performing in a Broadway musical. From his hometown of Jankburg—unofficial motto: “48.5 miles from Pittsburgh and a thousand miles from fun”—Nate devises a plan to reach New York and audition for the role of Elliot in E. T.: The Musical. PB - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers PP - New York PY - 2013 RN - Tim Federle (1980— ), raised in Upper St. Clair, Allegheny County and an alumni of the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, is a novelist and a former Broadway dancer. EP - 288 pages TI - Better Nate Than Ever ER -