Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda, Hardcover Book, By: Becky Albertalli

Albertalli paints a stunningly three-dimensional cliche-free world for Simon that bursts with unforgettable characters. Savor it because you'll read it for the first time only once. Worthy of Fault in Our Stars-level obsession." Entertainment Weekly"Love child of John Green and Rainbow Rowell." Teen Vogue"Delightfully funny and at times heart-wrenching. Readers will ache for Simon's awkwardness cheer his small triumphs but most of all fall in love with this kid and with this remarkable gift of a novel." Andrew Smith author of Grasshopper Jungle"Funny moving and emotionally wise." Kirkus s (starred )"I am so in love with this book." Nina LaCour author of Hold Still"Debut novelist Albertalli writes believably in the voice of a confused openhearted 16-year-old. Readers will fall madly in love with Simon." Publishers Weekly (starred )"Are we absolutely certain that Becky Albertalli didn't just steal the diary of a hilariously observant teenage boy? Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda is a pitch-perfect triumph of wit and wordplay that feels timelessly effortlessly now." Tim Federle author of Better Nate than Ever"Though there are realistic moments of tension the dominant sentiment here is the delicious excitement of finding your best self in the eyes of someone else; not since Levithan's Boy Meets Boy have readers been treated to such a happy sigh of a book about two boys falling in love." Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (starred )"I love you SIMON. I LOVE YOU! And I love this fresh funny live-out-loud book." Jennifer Niven bestselling author of All the Bright Places"Rife with realistic high school relationships and drama with a laugh or two at every turn this is a coming-of-age coming-out and defying-the-odds story with which many teens will identify." SLJ"Becky Albertalli has written the best kind of love story: the kind in which you fall in love with the characters as they fall in love with each other." Alex Sanchez Lambda Award-winning author of Rainbow Boys and Boyfriends with Girlfriends From the Back Cover Sixteen-year-old and not-so-?openly gay Simon Spier prefers to save his drama for the school musical. But when an email falls into the wrong hands his secret is at risk of being thrust into the spotlight. Now Simon is actually being blackmailed: If he doesn't play wingman for class clown Martin his sexual identity will become everyone's business. Worse the privacy of Blue the pen name of the boy he's been emailing with will be jeopardized.With some messy dynamics emerging in his once tight-knit group of friends and his email correspondence with Blue growing more flirtatious every day Simon's junior year has suddenly gotten all kinds of complicated. Now change-averse Simon has to find a way to step out of his comfort zone before he's pushed outwithout alienating his friends compromising himself or fumbling a shot at happiness with the most confusing adorable guy he's never met. About the Author: Becky Albertalli is the number one New York Times bestselling author of William C. Morris Award winner and National Book Award longlist title Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda (now a major motion picture Love Simon); The Upside of Unrequited; Leah on the Offbeat; the Simonverse novella Love Creekwood; What If It's Us (cowritten with Adam Silvera); Yes No Maybe So (cowritten with Aisha Saeed); and most recently Kate in Waiting. Becky lives with her family in Atlanta. You can visit her online at www.beckyalbertalli.com. Read more