PRESS KIT
Representation
Literary agent: Natalie Lakosil of Looking Glass Literary & Media Management
Foreign rights agent: Heather Baror-Shapiro of Baror International
Film and television rights agent: please contact via Antionëtte Van Sluytman to reach my film agent, Lucy Stille
Publicist for The Borrow a Boyfriend Club (except UK/Commonwealth): Kim Small of Penguin Random House
Publicist for And They Were Roommates (except UK/Commonwealth): Coming soon!
All publicity for UK/Commonwealth: Bec Gillies of Hachette UK
For translated edition publicists, please contact the related publisher:
Poland: Wydawnictwo Poznańskie
More publisher information to be listed soon!
Bios
YOUNG ADULT
50-word bio: Page Powars is the author of The Borrow a Boyfriend Club and the forthcoming And They Were Roommates. Outside of writing, he helps with music soundtracks and unfortunately plays Honkai: Star Rail. He lives in the New York City area. Find him online @pagepowars or pagepowars.com.
100-word bio: Page Powars was raised by his favorite video game characters. They taught him how to soften his gaze at a homie, sacrifice his lifespan for a bro, and kill or kiss his definitely-just-a-pal. Now he writes stories with this wealth of knowledge. His books include the Kids Indie Next and Indies Introduce pick The Borrow a Boyfriend Club and the forthcoming And They Were Roommates.
Page also helps with music soundtracks and unfortunately plays Honkai: Star Rail. He lives in the NYC area. Find him online @pagepowars or pagepowars.com.
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BOOK BLURB
A coming-of-age rom-com from debut author Page Powars that follows a trans teen who joins a boyfriend borrowing service masquerading as an Italian Club to prove he’s one of the guys—especially to its frustratingly handsome leader.
Noah Byrd is the perfect boy. At least, that’s what he needs to convince his new classmates of to prove his gender. His plan? Join the school’s illustrious (and secret) Borrow a Boyfriend Club, whose members rent themselves out for dates. Once he’s accepted among the bros, the “slip-ups” end.
But Noah’s interview is a flop. Desperate, he strikes a deal with the club’s prickly but attractive president, Asher. Noah will help them win an annual talent show—and in return, he’ll get a second shot to demonstrate his boyfriend skills in a series of tests that include romancing Asher himself.
If Noah can’t bring home the win, his best chance to prove that he’s man enough is gone. Yet even if he succeeds, he still loses . . . because the most important rule of the Borrow a Boyfriend Club is simple: no real boyfriends (or girlfriends) allowed. And as long as the club remains standing, Noah and Asher can never explore their growing feelings for one another.
BOOK INFO
US + Canada + OPM English Rights Cover
Hardcover: 352 pages
Paperback: TBD
Publisher: Delacorte - Penguin Random House
Hardcover Release: September 12, 2023
Paperback Release: TBD
Language: English
Price: $18.99
ISBN-10: 9780593568583
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ABA’s Indies Introduce 2023 Pick
Indie Next September/October Pick
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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?
BOOK INFO
UK + OPM English Rights Cover
Paperback: 288 pages
Publisher: Hachette Kids - Hachette UK
Release: 14 September, 2023
Language: English
Price: £7.99
ISBN-13: 9781444968354