{"product_id":"leah-on-the-offbeat-isbn-9780062643810","title":"Leah on the Offbeat","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e#1 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller! \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGoodreads Choice Award for the best young adult novel of the year!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn this sequel to the acclaimed \u003cem\u003eSimon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda\u003c\/em\u003e—now a major motion picture, \u003cem\u003eLove, Simon\u003c\/em\u003e—we follow Simon’s BFF Leah as she grapples with changing friendships, first love, and senior year angst.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen it comes to drumming, Leah Burke is usually on beat—but real life isn’t always so rhythmic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe’s an anomaly in her friend group: the only child of a young, single mom, and her life is decidedly less privileged. She loves to draw but is too self-conscious to show it. And even though her mom knows she’s bisexual, she hasn’t mustered the courage to tell her friends—not even her openly gay BFF, Simon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo Leah really doesn’t know what to do when her rock-solid friend group starts to fracture in unexpected ways. With prom and college on the horizon, tensions are running high.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt’s hard for Leah to strike the right note while the people she loves are fighting—especially when she realizes she might love one of them more than she ever intended.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlus don't miss \u003cem\u003eYes No Maybe So,\u003c\/em\u003e Becky Albertalli's and Aisha Saeed's heartwarming and hilarious new novel, coming in 2020! \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003eWhen it comes to drumming, Leah Burke is usually on beat—but real life isn’t always so rhythmic. An anomaly in her friend group, she’s the only child of a young, single mom, and her life is decidedly less privileged. She loves to draw but is too self-conscious to show it. And even though her mom knows she’s bisexual, she hasn’t mustered the courage to tell her friends—not even her openly gay BFF, Simon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo Leah really doesn’t know what to do when her rock-solid friend group starts to fracture in unexpected ways. With prom and college on the horizon, tensions are running high. It’s hard for Leah to strike the right note while the people she loves are fighting—especially when she realizes she might love one of them more than she ever intended.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecky Albertalli returns to the world of her acclaimed first novel, \u003cem\u003eSimon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda\u003c\/em\u003e, in this warm and humorous story of first love and senior-year angst.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003ePraise for The Upside of Unrequited: “Readers will fall in love with this fresh, honest, inclusive look at dating, families, and friendship. A top purchase for all YA collections.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“In her second, relationship-rich novel, Albertalli’s take on the agonies and ecstasies of adolescent love are spot-on.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eALA Booklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“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; the kind of story that, even after it ends, you carry the characters with you, too in love to let them go.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlex Sanchez, Lambda Award-winning author of Rainbow Boys and Boyfriends with Girlfriends\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“And that’s Simon’s wise, melancholy, lesson: We are all in a constant state of reintroduction to the universe, to our fellow Homo sapiens, and ultimately to ourselves. And over the course of this radically tender debut, we’re reminded that while high school mercifully ends, the stumble toward growth continues, one freaking awkward step at a time.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eO magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Albertalli has a fantastic ear for voice, and it’s beautifully on display in Leah’s funny, wry, and vulnerable first-person narrative. Everything Albertalli already did so well in \u003cem\u003eSimon \u003c\/em\u003eshe’s improved upon here, and fans of the first book will be utterly smitten with Leah.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“With complex characters, authentic dialogue, and messy-but-beautiful friendships, this sequel is more than capable of standing on its own. A subversive take on the coming-of-age romance that will leave readers feeling like witnesses to a very special moment in Leah’s life and filled with gratitude for sharing it.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“I am so in love with this book.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNina LaCour, author of Hold Still\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Debut novelist Albertalli writes believably in the voice of a confused, openhearted 16-year-old. Readers will fall madly in love with Simon.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“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.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTim Federle, author of Better Nate than Ever\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“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.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBulletin of the Center for Children’s Books (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“I love you, SIMON. I LOVE YOU! And I love this fresh, funny, live-out-loud book.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJennifer Niven, bestselling author of All the Bright Places\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“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.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Heart-fluttering, honest, and hilarious. I can’t stop hugging this book.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStephanie Perkins, New York Times bestselling author of Anna and the French Kiss\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“I have such a crush on this book! 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