NEWBERY HONOR AWARD • LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD • SCHNEIDER FAMILY BOOK AWARD
HONOR • FINALIST FOR THE AUDIE AWARD FOR BEST MIDDLE GRADE AUDIOBOOK OF THE YEAR “Funny
poignant and—most important—hopeful.” — New York Times Simon O’Keeffe’s biggest claim to fame
should be the time his dad accidentally gave a squirrel a holy sacrament. Or maybe the alpaca
disaster that went viral on YouTube. But the story the whole world wants to tell about Simon is
the one he’d do anything to forget: the one starring Simon as a famous survivor of gun violence
at school. Two years after the infamous event twelve-year-old Simon and his family move to
the National Quiet Zone—the only place in America where the internet is banned. Instead of
talking about Simon the astronomers who flock to the area are busy listening for signs of life
in space. And when Simon makes a friend who’s determined to give the scientists what they’re
looking for he’ll finally have the chance to spin a new story for the world to tell. Simon
Sort of Says the Newbery Honor-winning novel by Erin Bow is a breathtaking testament to the
lasting echoes of trauma the redemptive power of humor and the courage it takes to move
forward without forgetting the past. INCLUDES DISCUSSION QUESTIONS AND AN INTERVIEW WITH THE
AUTHOR
