{"product_id":"the-great-american-whatever-paperback","title":"The Great American Whatever - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTim Federle\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eFive, Six, Seven, Nate! \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eBetter Nate Than Ever \u003c\/i\u003ecomes \"a Holden Caulfield for a new generation\" (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eQuinn Roberts is a sixteen-year-old smart aleck and Hollywood hopeful whose only worry \u003ci\u003eused \u003c\/i\u003eto be writing convincing dialogue for the movies he made with his sister Annabeth. Of course, that was all before--before Quinn stopped going to school, before his mom started sleeping on the sofa...and before the car accident that changed everything. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEnter: Geoff, Quinn's best friend who insists it's time that Quinn came out--at least from hibernation. One haircut later, Geoff drags Quinn to his first college party, where instead of nursing his pain, he meets a guy--okay, a \u003ci\u003ehot\u003c\/i\u003e guy--and falls, hard. What follows is an upside-down week in which Quinn begins imagining his future as a screenplay that might actually have a happily-ever-after ending--if, that is, he can finally step back into the starring role of his own life story.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTim Federle is the showrunner and executive producer of \u003ci\u003eHigh School Musical: the Musical: the Series\u003c\/i\u003e, which he created for Disney+. His novels include the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book \u003ci\u003eBetter Nate Than Ever\u003c\/i\u003e and its Lambda Literature Award-winning sequel--which Lin-Manuel Miranda called \"a wonderful evocation of what it's like to be a theater kid\" (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e). A film adaptation of \u003ci\u003eNate\u003c\/i\u003e, written and directed by Federle, will premiere on Disney+ in spring 2022. The film stars Aria Brooks, Joshua Bassett, Lisa Kudrow, and Rueby Wood as Nate. Tim's hit series of cocktail recipe books, including \u003ci\u003eTequila Mockingbird\u003c\/i\u003e, have sold over half a million copies worldwide. He cowrote the Broadway musical adaptation of \u003ci\u003eTuck Everlasting\u003c\/i\u003eand won the Humanitas Prize for cowriting the Golden Globe and Academy Award-nominated Best Animated Feature \u003ci\u003eFerdinand\u003c\/i\u003e, starring John Cena and Kate McKinnon. A former Broadway dancer, Tim was born in San Francisco, grew up in Pittsburgh, and now divides his time between Los Angeles and the internet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 25, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Great American Whatever\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 5.5\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771942797600,"sku":"9781481404105","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/a2f3c9c3494b7f5b2818cdc5d92b2d6a.webp?v=1780397714","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-great-american-whatever-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}