In Chapter 6, Bram continues to plan the promposal Garrett is increasingly obviously interested in Leah and Leah is busy trying to avoid meeting her Mom’s new boyfriend Wells. Morgan is devastated and will not talk to Leah. Back at school, Morgan suggests she go on a school visit with her and Abby to UGA, but a few days later in Chapter 5, they learn that Morgan was rejected from UGA.

Leah helps backstage with the play at school, and begins to help Bram with his promposal to his boyfriend Simon. In Chapter 4, Leah talks with her mother about accepted students weekend at the University of Georgia, the school she will attend in the fall. Abby starts to chat with Leah about something but gets a ride home and kisses her boyfriend Nick goodbye. She meets her friends Simon, Nora, Nick, Abby, and Bram at musical rehearsal and they all go to Waffle House together in Chapters 2 and 3. The novel starts in Chapter 1 with Leah in band practice with her friends Anna and Morgan. The story follows Leah as she and her friends decide on prom dates, colleges, relationships, and their futures. The young adult novel follows the story of Leah Burke, a senior in high school in Georgia. Everything Albertalli already did so well in Simon she’s improved upon here, and fans of the first book will be utterly smitten with Leah.The following version was used to create this guide: Albertalli, Becky. “ Albertalli has a fantastic ear for voice, and it’s beautifully on display in Leah’s funny, wry, and vulnerable first-person narrative.

Jacket design by Alison Donalty, David Curtis, Molly Fehr, and Michelle Cunningham. It’s hard for Leah to strike the right note while the people she loves are fighting-especially when she realizes she might love one of them more than she ever intended. With prom and college on the horizon, tensions are running high. So Leah really doesn’t know what to do when her rock-solid friend group starts to fracture in unexpected ways.

And even though her mom knows she’s bisexual, she hasn’t mustered the courage to tell her friends-not even her openly gay BFF, Simon. She loves to draw but is too self-conscious to show it. She’s an anomaly in her friend group: the only child of a young, single mom, and her life is decidedly less privileged. When it comes to drumming, Leah Burke is usually on beat-but real life isn’t always so rhythmic. the Homo Sapiens Agenda-soon to be a major motion picture, Love, Simon-we follow Simon’s BFF Leah as she grapples with changing friendships, first love, and senior year angst. In this sequel to the acclaimed Simon vs. #1 NYT Bestseller and winner of the Goodreads Choice Award for Best Young Adult Novel of 2018.

Leah on the off beat