Friday, February 25, 2022
First-chapter Friday : The Chance to Fly
Each Friday I share the link to a read-aloud preview of a book from our school library, with the SRCSA community. The “First-chapter Friday” selection for Feb. 25, 2022, is The Chance to Fly, by Ali Stroker and Stacy Davidowitz.
Thirteen-year-old Nat Beacon loves a lot of things, but there’s one thing she’s absolutely OBSESSED with: MUSICALS! She’s never actually been in a musical though, or even seen an actor who uses a wheelchair for mobility on stage. 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! 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 book’s co-author, Ali Stroker, made history as the first person in a wheelchair to appear on Broadway and win a Tony Award.
Subject Classifications (Partial list, via Dewey Decimal System)
- 006.754-Social Media
- 020-Library and Information Science
- 020.7025-Library Education
- 020.92-Cynthia M. Parkhill (Biographical)
- 023.3-Library Workers
- 025.02-Technical Services (Libraries)
- 025.04-Internet Access
- 025.2-Libraries--Collection Development
- 025.213-Libraries--Censorship
- 025.3-Libraries--Cataloging
- 025.84-Books--Conservation and restoration
- 027.473-Public Libraries--Sonoma County CA
- 027.663-Libraries and people with disabilities
- 027.7-Academic Libraries--University of Central Missouri
- 027.8-School Libraries--Santa Rosa Charter School for the Arts
- 028.52-Children's Literature
- 028.535-Young Adult Literature
- 028.7-Information Literacy
- 158.2-Social Intelligence
- 302.34-Bullying
- 305.9085-Autism
- 306.76-Sexual orientation and gender identity
- 371-Schools--Santa Rosa Charter School for the Arts
- 371-Schools--Santa Rosa City Schools
- 616.898-Autism
- 636.8-Cats
- 646.2-Sewing
- 658.812-Customer Service
- 659.2-Public Relations
- 686.22-Graphic Design
- 700-The Arts
- 746.43-Yarn bombing (Knitting and Crochet)
- 809-Book Reviews