Book Overview

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 Bossypants Book Club will be meeting on Monday,January 14, 2018 at 6:30 p.m at Nabeel’s Café (across the street from the library). Food is not provided by the library but participants are encouraged to order beverages and food.

Author at a Glance

• Rebecca Albertalli was born and raised in the Atlanta, GA suburbs.

• Albertalli attended Wesleyan University and majored in psychology, before moving to Washington, D.C. and gaining a doctorate in clinical psychology
• Wrote her first novel after the birth of her first son.
• She cites Australian author Jaclyn Moriarty as her primary inspiration in becoming a novelist.
• She has attempted and spectacularly failed at almost every sport, however met her husband playing kickball.
• Earlier in life, she confessed to read a whole lot of The Baby-Sitters Club and Sweet Valley High, and fell hard for Harry Potter at age sixteen and never grew out of it.
• She is an extraordinarily picky eater, but really loves ice cream, though….and most desserts

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