Praise for Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda: “Albertalli paints a stunningly three-dimensional, cliche-free world for Simon that bursts with unforgettable characters. Savor it, because you’ll read it for the first time only once. Worthy of Fault in Our Stars-level obsession.” - Entertainment Weekly
“Love child of John Green and Rainbow Rowell.” - Teen Vogue
“And that’s Simon’s wise, melancholy, lesson: We are all in a constant state of reintroduction to the universe, to our fellow Homo sapiens, and ultimately to ourselves. And over the course of this radically tender debut, we’re reminded that while high school mercifully ends, the stumble toward growth continues, one freaking awkward step at a time.” - O Magazine
★ “Funny, moving and emotionally wise.” - Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
“Debut novelist Albertalli writes believably in the voice of a confused, openhearted 16-year-old. Readers will fall madly in love with Simon.” - Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“Though there are realistic moments of tension, the dominant sentiment here is the delicious excitement of finding your best self in the eyes of someone else; not since Levithan’s Boy Meets Boy have readers been treated to such a happy sigh of a book about two boys falling in love.” - Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books (starred review)
“This book is absolutely adorable and has so much diversity! I fail to see how anyone cannot love this book and its characters.” A Best Book of 2017 - Brightly
“Heart-fluttering, honest, and hilarious. I can’t stop hugging this book.” - Stephanie Perkins, New York Times bestselling author of ANNA AND THE FRENCH KISS
“I have such a crush on this book! Not only is this one a must read, but it’s a must re-read.” - Julie Murphy, New York Times bestselling author of DUMPLIN'
★ “Readers will fall in love with this fresh, honest, inclusive look at dating, families, and friendship. A top purchase for all YA collections.” - School Library Journal (starred review)
“In her second, relationship-rich novel, Albertalli’s take on the agonies and ecstasies of adolescent love are spot-on.” - ALA Booklist
“While first kisses, first loves, and even first sexual experiences have all been dealt with in some form or another, she tackles these big milestones head-on and with aplomb.” - Entertainment Weekly
’If you’re in the mood for a snappy romance to vicariously bathe you in the pain and elation of first love, Becky Albertalli’s The Upside of Unrequited provides.” - NPR.org
“Rife with realistic, high school relationships and drama, with a laugh or two at every turn, this is a coming-of-age, coming-out, and defying-the-odds story with which many teens will identify.” - SLJ
“I love you, SIMON. I LOVE YOU! And I love this fresh, funny, live-out-loud book.” - Jennifer Niven, bestselling author of All the Bright Places
“I am so in love with this book.” - Nina LaCour, author of Hold Still
“Delightfully funny and at times heart-wrenching. Readers will ache for Simon’s awkwardness, cheer his small triumphs, but, most of all, fall in love with this kid and with this remarkable gift of a novel.” - Andrew Smith, author of Grasshopper Jungle
“Are we absolutely certain that Becky Albertalli didn’t just steal the diary of a hilariously observant teenage boy? SIMON VS. THE HOMO SAPIENS AGENDA is a pitch-perfect triumph of wit and wordplay that feels timelessly, effortlessly now.” - Tim Federle, author of Better Nate than Ever
“Becky Albertalli has written the best kind of love story: the kind in which you fall in love with the characters as they fall in love with each other; the kind of story that, even after it ends, you carry the characters with you, too in love to let them go.” - Alex Sanchez, Lambda Award-winning author of Rainbow Boys and Boyfriends with Girlfriends
