{"product_id":"simon-vs-the-homo-sapiens-agenda-isbn-9780062839701","title":"Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNow a major motion picture: \u003cem\u003eLove, Simon\u003c\/em\u003e, starring Nick Robinson and Katherine Langford!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis special edition of \u003cem\u003eSimon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda\u003c\/em\u003e by award-winning author Becky Albertalli includes new Simon and Blue emails, a behind-the-scenes scrapbook from the \u003cem\u003eLove, Simon\u003c\/em\u003e movie set, and Becky Albertalli in conversation with fellow authors Adam Silvera and Angie Thomas.\u003c\/strong\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 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow 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\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWilliam C. Morris Award Winner: Best Young Adult Debut of the Year * National Book Award Longlist\u003c\/strong\u003e\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\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 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis special edition of Becky Albertalli’s acclaimed, award-winning debut novel contains exclusive bonus material, including the very first Simon-Blue emails, backstage photos from the \u003cem\u003eSimon\u003c\/em\u003e movie set, a conversation with the author, and excerpts from \u003cem\u003eThe Upside of Unrequited\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eLeah on the Offbeat\u003c\/em\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. 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