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 with will be jeopardized. 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. This special edition of Becky
Albertalli's acclaimed award-winning debut novel contains exclusive bonus material including
the very first Simon-Blue emails backstage photos from the Simon movie set a conversation
with the author and excerpts from The Upside of Unrequited and Leah on the Offbeat.
