My 9 year old son and I read this together (an advanced reader copy we borrowed from our local independent bookstore)... we loved it!

We did not catch all the musical theater references most likely, but it has encouraged us to listen to some different musicals and he is now a huge Hamilton fan! I liked the diversity of the characters in the book - I thought it felt natural and not forced. I also thought the frenemy to friend relationship was nicely thought out.

We would highly recommend!