The Borrow a Boyfriend Club (Paperback)
Page Powars (author)Published: 14/09/2023
A heartwarming and hilarious YA rom-com about a trans boy who concocts the perfect plan to ensure his new school sees his true gender, by joining the secret 'Borrow a Boyfriend Club.' The first rule: don't fall in love. Perfect for fans of Only Mostly Devastated and Red White and Royal Blue.
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THE BORROW A BOYFRIEND CLUB
When sixteen-year-old Noah starts at a new school, he has a plan to ensure the students see him as his true gender: join the school's secretive Borrow a Boyfriend Club, where members rent themselves out to their classmates for dates. The endless "accidental slip-ups" that plagued him at his last school will be a thing of the past once he joins the club; after all, it has "boy" right in the title.
But he fails the audition. Desperate, he strikes a deal with the club's prickly president, Asher: he'll help lead the nearly-bankrupt club to victory at the school's fundraising dance competition, and in exchange Asher will allow Noah to prove his skills as a boyfriend in a series of tests that include romancing Asher himself.
As Noah passes test after test, his fake romance with Asher starts to feel surprisingly real, and Noah is faced with a dilemma. If he fails to win the dance fundraiser the club will go bankrupt, and he'll not only lose the new friends he's made - the whole school will know he isn't "boy enough". But if Noah succeeds in securing the club their victory, he'll have to follow the most important, unbreakable rule of the Borrow a Boyfriend Club: no real girlfriends (or boyfriends) allowed.
Will Noah risk breaking the rules for a chance at love?
Publisher: Hachette Children's Group
ISBN: 9781444968354
Number of pages: 352
Weight: 248 g
Dimensions: 202 x 128 x 32 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
'Charmingly chaotic and keenly observant, with real emotional depth. Page Powars' debut is an absolute joyride.' - Becky Albertalli, author of Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
'Page Powars is a comedic genius. An unmissable debut' - Sophie Gonzales, co-author of If This Gets Out
'Light-hearted and fun' - Kirkus Reviews
'In vulnerable first-person prose, Powars renders Noah's feelings about his gender identity alongside sweet messaging surrounding the power of friendship and connection' - Publishers Weekly
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