Paperback | 336 pages

The highly acclaimed novel, now in paperback!Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agendais an incredibly funny and poignant twenty-first-century coming-of-age, coming-out storywrapped in a geek romancefrom debut author Becky Albertalli.

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 doesnt play wingman for class clown Martin, his sexual identity will become everyones business. Worse, the privacy of Blue, the pen name of the boy hes been emailing with, will be jeopardized.

With some messy dynamics emerging in his once tight-knit group of friends, and his email correspondence with Blue growing more flirtatious every day, Simons 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 hes pushed outwithout alienating his friends, compromising himself, or fumbling a shot at happiness with the most confusing, adorable guy hes never met.