| With the limited time he has left, he and his best friend and writing partner, Sammy, decide to follow their dreams and finally make an album | As Zach's health condition begins to worsen, he is left to make difficult decisions about how to spend his time and more importantly with whom |
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| Seventeen-year-old Zach Sobiech is a fun-loving high school senior with raw musical talent | But with time running out, Zach is confronted with the reality that no matter how he spends his time, he is going to hurt the people he loves the most, including Amy, the love of his life |
Production [ ] Development [ ] In February 2016, it was announced had acquired rights to the memoir Fly a Little Higher: How God Answered a Mom's Small Prayer in a Big Way by Laura Sobiech, with set to direct the film.
18| Zach manages to ask out fellow student Amy Adamle for a picnic, but before he is able to do so, he begins to have a coughing fit that concerns his mother, Laura, who rushes him to the hospital | Howell as Grace Sobiech, Zach's younger sister• Zach's father, Rob, borrows a for him to drive and impress Amy with |
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| With Zach having been given the opportunity to play at the Metro Theatre, they decide to combine the concert with prom, a graduation, and a fundraiser for osteosarcoma | as Sammy Brown, Zach's best friend• as himself Justin Baldoni's wife appears as a CNN reporter |