{"product_id":"simon-vs-the-homo-sapiens-agenda-isbn-9780062348685","title":"Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNow \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ea major motion picture: \u003cem\u003eLove, Simon\u003c\/em\u003e, starring Nick Robinson and Katherine Langford!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWilliam C. Morris Award Winner: Best Young Adult Debut of the Year * \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNational Book Award Longlist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A remarkable gift of a novel.\"—Andrew Smith, author of \u003cem\u003eGrasshopper Jungle\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I am so in love with this book.\"—Nina LaCour, author of \u003cem\u003eHold Still\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Feels timelessly, effortlessly now.\"—Tim Federle, author of \u003cem\u003eBetter Nate Than Ever\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The best kind of love story.\"—Alex Sanchez, Lambda Award-winning author of \u003cem\u003eRainbow Boys\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eBoyfriends with Girlfriends\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSixteen-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 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIncredibly funny and poignant, this twenty-first-century coming-of-age, coming out story—wrapped in a geek romance—is a knockout of a debut novel by Becky Albertalli.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlus don't miss \u003cem\u003eYes No Maybe So,\u003c\/em\u003e Becky\u003cbr\u003eAlbertalli's and Aisha Saeed's heartwarming and hilarious new novel, coming in\u003cbr\u003e2020! \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“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.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAndrew Smith, author of Grasshopper Jungle\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“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“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.” - \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“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“Funny, moving and emotionally wise.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews (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“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“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\u003eSLJ\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“Albertalli paints a stunningly three-dimensional, cliche-free world for Simon that bursts with unforgettable characters. 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