Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

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Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda is a 2015 young adult novel and the debut book by American author Becky Albertalli. The coming-of-age story focuses on its titular protagonist Simon Spier, a closeted, gay, high school-aged boy who is forced to come out after a blackmailer discovers Simon's emails written to another closeted classmate with whom he has fallen in love. Albertalli received the William C. Morris Award from the American Library Association, an annual honor for young adult literature, as well as internationally the German Youth Literature Prize. The novel was also featured on the National Book Award Longlist and listed by the Wall Street Journal as one of the Best Young Adult novels in 2015. The name of the novel is a parody of the term "homosexual agenda", a pejorative phrase that is commonly used by opponents of gay rights in the United States. This is also a reference to a conversation between Simon and his email pen pal, in which they discuss how they believe everyone should...

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