Author: Becky Albertalli
Release Date: April 7, 2015
Publisher: Balzer + Bray (HarperCollins imprint)
From Goodreads:
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.
The initial pitch I saw for this book was "starring gay teenage boys with good grammar" and my brain instantly went "I WANT THIS NOW." You all know I'm a genre girl, but I still love LGBTQ YA and more often than not it's in a contemporary setting. Which is fine, variety is always nice.
But I want this so much. I saw Jen over at Pop Goes the Reader reading this over the weekend and raving about it and I just wanted it more.
Sounds like an intense read. I'm curious about the story. Thanks for sharing.
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Shane @ItchingforBooks
AH I want this!
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