Children's & YA

Acting The Part

by Z.R. Ellor

Description

This delightfully tropey teen romance perfect for fans of Ashley Poston and Lyla Lee follows a queer teen actor navigating their gender identity—while pretending to date their co-star.  

Queer actor Lily Ashton has found fame playing lesbian warrior Morgantha on the hit TV show Galaxy Spark. Lily knows how little representation queer girls have, so when the showrunners reveal that Morgantha’s 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.

Lily’s always been good at playing a part. But are they ready to share their real self, even if it means throwing everything they’ve fought for away?

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Rights Information

Merchandising • Multimedia/Gaming • Film/TV • Dramatic Rights/Performance • Graphic Novel • Translation

Author Biography

Zabé "Z. R." Ellor grew up in Washington, DC and narrowly escaped a career in the sciences to write and agent novels. He holds a BA in English Lit and biology from Cornell University. When not writing, he can be found running, playing video games, and hunting the best brunch deals in Dupont Circle.

Belcastro Agency

Belcastro Agency

Belcastro Agency is a full-service literary agency representing authors writing adult and young adult fiction. We are a passionate, hands-on, editorially-focused agency and work closely with our writers in developing manuscripts and proposals for submission. In addition, we actively manage subsidiary rights for the projects we represent including foreign translation, audio, and film/television rights.

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Bibliographic Information

  • Publisher/Imprint Harper Collins / Harper Teen
  • Publication Date December 2022
  • Orginal LanguageEnglish
  • ISBN/Identifier 9780063157880 / 0063157888
  • Publication Country or regionUnited States
  • FormatHardback
  • Primary Price 17.99 USD
  • Pages288
  • Publish StatusUnpublished

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