Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens AgendaBecky Albertalli
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Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda (2015)

Becky Albertalli

Others: Overwhelmingly positive

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.

ISBN:
9780062348678
Length:
336 pages

Genres: romance, young adult

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Reviews16

bookishsophia
Mixed

I do like this book the thing is like I like this book but then when I compare it to strange the dreamer or children of blood and bone I definitely think strange to the dreamer and children of blood of bone are pretty superior so I think I'm gonna put this in okay dear

Caleb Joseph
Mixed

I wasn't a huge fan of Simon versus the homo sapiens agenda like it was a book and it was good but it was kind of one of those book where I read it and I was like that was good and kind of just moved on from it

Katytastic
Loved it

this is another book that I kind of just picked up on a whim and I wasn't expecting a whole lot but then I fell in love with it because it was so cute and funny and charming

WordNerds
Loved it

you've probably already heard us gush way too much about Simon vs. the Homo sapiens agenda by Becky Albert alley but I'm still going to give you my five words for this one they are boys romance blackmail drama both the class and the thing that happens with high schoolers and oreos