Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

Longlist, National Book Awards 2015 for Young People's Literature

Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli book cover, 2015
ISBN 9780062348678
Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins Children's Books
Becky Albertalli, 2015. Photo credit: Decisive Moment Events
Becky Albertalli

Becky Albertalli is a New York Times bestselling author of young adult novels, including Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda which was Longlisted for the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature, won the William C. Morris Award, and is now a major motion picture, Love, Simon. More about this author >

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Sixteen-year-old, not-so-openly-gay Simon Spier is blackmailed into playing wingman for his classmate or else his sexual identity–and that of his pen pal–will be revealed.

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