Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

By Becky Albertalli

Subjects: Love & romance, LGBT, Juvenile fiction / social issues / friendship, Highland Park High School, 2016 summer, Young adult, Secrecy, Extortion, Adventure and adventurers, fiction, Coming out (sexual orientation), Homosexuality, fiction, Friendship, fiction, High schools, Social Issues, Reading list, Young Adult, LGBTQ young adult, Library list, Lgbtq young adult, Juvenile fiction / love & romance, Schools, fiction, Gay teenagers, Young adult fiction, lgbtq+, Love & Romance, JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Friendship, Secrets, Young adult fiction, romance, lgbtq+, Fiction, JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Homosexuality, Children's fiction, Homosexuality, Friendship in adolescence, School stories, Social issues, 2016 Summer, Juvenile fiction, Coming out (Sexual orientation), Pen pals, Juvenile fiction / social issues / homosexuality, JUVENILE FICTION / Love & Romance, Schools, Gays, Highland park high school, Lgbt, Young adult fiction, social themes, friendship, Friendship

Description: 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, will be compromised. 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 out—without alienating his friends, compromising himself, or fumbling a shot at happiness with the most confusing, adorable guy he’s never met.