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Leah on the Offbeat - by Becky Albertalli (Paperback)

Leah on the Offbeat - by  Becky Albertalli (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>A #1 "New York Times" bestseller. Leah Burke--girl-band drummer, master of deadpan, and Simon Spier's best friend from the award-winning "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" (basis for the film "Love, Simon")--takes center stage in this novel of first love and senior-year angst.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><strong>#1 <em>New York Times</em> bestseller! </strong><strong>Goodreads Choice Award for the best young adult novel of the year!</strong></p><p><strong>In this sequel to the acclaimed <em>Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda</em>--now a major motion picture, <em>Love, Simon</em>--we follow Simon's BFF Leah as she grapples with changing friendships, first love, and senior year angst.</strong></p><p>When it comes to drumming, Leah Burke is usually on beat--but real life isn't always so rhythmic.</p><p>She's an anomaly in her friend group: the only child of a young, single mom, and her life is decidedly less privileged. She loves to draw but is too self-conscious to show it. 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.</p><p>So Leah really doesn't know what to do when her rock-solid friend group starts to fracture in unexpected ways. With prom and college on the horizon, tensions are running high.</p><p>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.</p><p><strong>Plus don't miss <em>Yes No Maybe So, </em> Becky Albertalli's and Aisha Saeed's heartwarming and hilarious new novel, coming in 2020! </strong></p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br><p>When it comes to drumming, Leah Burke is usually on beat--but real life isn't always so rhythmic. An anomaly in her friend group, she's the only child of a young, single mom, and her life is decidedly less privileged. She loves to draw but is too self-conscious to show it. 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.</p><p>So Leah really doesn't know what to do when her rock-solid friend group starts to fracture in unexpected ways. With prom and college on the horizon, tensions are running high. 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.</p><p>Becky Albertalli returns to the world of her acclaimed first novel, <em>Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda</em>, in this warm and humorous story of first love and senior-year angst.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"Albertalli has a fantastic ear for voice, and it's beautifully on display in Leah's funny, wry, and vulnerable first-person narrative. Everything Albertalli already did so well in <em>Simon </em>she's improved upon here, and fans of the first book will be utterly smitten with Leah."--<em>Booklist </em><strong>(starred review)</strong><br>

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