It’s hard for Leah to strike the right note while the people she loves are fighting-especially when she realizes she might love one of them more than she ever intended. With prom and college on the horizon, tensions are running high. The main character is loveable, and the friendship is so sweet. So Leah really doesn’t know what to do when her rock-solid friend group starts to fracture in unexpected ways. Leah on the Offbeat by Becky Albertalli is a relatable story about navigating senior year and sexuality. And even though her mom knows she’s bisexual, she hasn’t mustered the courage to tell her friends-not even her openly gay BFF, Simon. She loves to draw but is too self-conscious to show it.

She’s an anomaly in her friend group: the only child of a young, single mom, and her life is decidedly less privileged. When it comes to drumming, Leah Burke is usually on beat-but real life isn’t always so rhythmic. the Homo Sapiens Agenda-now a major motion picture, Love, Simon-we follow Simon’s BFF Leah as she grapples with changing friendships, first love, and senior year angst. In this sequel to the acclaimed Simon vs. It’s hard for Leah to strike the right note while the people she loves are fighting-especially when she realizes she might love one of them more than she ever intended.#1 New York Times bestseller! Goodreads Choice Award for the best young adult novel of the year! The Simonverse by Becky Albertalli Leah on the Offbeat Epic Reads Explains Book Trailer Epic Reads 166K subscribers Subscribe 820 Share 28K views 4 years ago EpicReads You love Simon. So Leah really doesn’t know what to do when her rock-solid friend group starts to fracture in unexpected ways.

Albertalli changes that perspective for the last chapter to make it read like an epilogue summing up Leah’s first semester of college. The only exception to this perspective is the final chapter, Chapter 35, which is an email from Leah to her friend Simon. She loves to draw but is too self-conscious to show it. Leah has both a high standard for her friends and herself. #1 New York Times bestseller! Goodreads Choice Award for the best young adult novel of the year!

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