This delightfully tropey teen romance perfect for fans of Ashley Poston and Lyla Lee follows a queer teen actor navigating their gender identitywhile pretending to date their co-star.Queer actor Lily Ashton has found fame playing lesbian warrior Morgantha on the hit TV showGalaxy Spark. Lily knows how little representation queer girls have, so when the showrunners reveal that Morganthas on-screen love interest, Alietta, is going to be killed off, Lily orchestrates an elaborate fake-dating scheme with the standoffish actress who plays her, to generate press and ensure a happy ending for the #Morganetta ship.But while playing a doting girlfriend on- and off-screen, Lily struggles with whether a word like girl applies to them at all.Lilys always been good at playing a part. But are they ready to share their real self, even if it means throwing everything theyve fought for away?

 

 

This book is aimed at children at US 8th grade+.

This book has been graded for interest at 13 years.

There are 288 pages in this book.

It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.

This book was published in 2023 by HarperCollins Publishers Inc .