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Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
Becky Albertalli
Balzer + Bray: 2015, 303 pages
Reviewed by Jessie Park
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda is a great young adult book. It focuses on 16 year old Simon, who's gay but in the closet. He has an email correspondence with another boy in his school who is also gay but they both keep their identities a secret. Simon's world is turned upside down when another boy at school not only finds out about the emails but uses them to subtly blackmail him to play matchmaker, since the blackmailer has a crush on one of Simon's more attractive female friends. Simon has to figure out how to navigate through this all while dealing with changes in his friendships and family and his newly emerging crush on Blue, his email pen pal. Albertalli does a great job creating realistic fiction that is actually real. Readers should be advised that there is some strong language but no explicit sexual content.
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