Welcome to the Stacks, a podcast about books and the people who read them. I'm your host Tracy Thomas and today we welcome Ali Stroker to the podcast.

Ali is a Tony Award winning actor, disability activist, and author who is here to talk about her book, Cut Loose, which she co-wrote with Stacy Davidowitz.

This middle grade novel is the sequel and companion to their previous book, A Chance to Fly,

and it follows Nat, who is a middle schooler who uses a wheelchair

and is a total theater nerd. I love her. It's a story about embracing your

strength standing out and standing up for what you believe in. Today Ali and I about

writing about writing a good story versus teaching kids a lesson,

the lack of accessibility in the theater

and the power in saying no to certain opportunities. in the We will discuss that book on Wednesday, November 29th with Mitchell S Jackson.

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