num_pages: 288
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 costar.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 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 offscreen Lily struggles with whether a word like girl applies to them at all. Their male online gaming persona Frey feels more authentically them than the curvy body they see in the mirror and coming out as nonbinary to the crush they meet in an MMORPG makes them feel like theyve got a shot at a real-world happily ever after. #Morganetta means so much to so many people though so Lily decides to keep presenting as female to the world and continue the dating charade. Even as they genuinely bond with their costar they cant ignore how much it hurts to be something theyre not.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?
language: English
title: Acting the Part
publisher: Harper Teen