Becky Albertalli

Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda is a young adult novel by Becky Albertalli. It is a coming-of-age novel. The book is based on the character Simon Spier. Becky Albertalli was inspired by Jaclyn Moriarty.

Simon is a 16-year-old gay teenager in the closet who enjoys acting in his school's theater and musical productions. Then he falls in love with the guy whom he has been e-mailing anonymously. Their paths will cross, but before that he crosses the path of the class clown, Martin, who blackmails him with those e-mails. Simon either has to aid Martin to get closer to the girl everyone wants, Abby, or have the e-mails get leaked.

Simon Spier- the 16-year-old gay protagonist who has yet to come out and is in an online relationship with a boy named "Blue". He goes by the pseudonym "Jacques," which is a reference to "Jacques a dit," meaning Simon Says in French. He loves Oreos and has a passion for Elliott Smith. He is fond of musical theater and participates in his school's productions, even though he gets bit parts. He plays "Fagin's boy" in their production of Oliver!

Blue- Blue is the boy Simon e-mails for 5 months. Simon met Blue on "creeksecrets", the school Tumblr page (referred to as the Tumblr) after Blue posted a very intuitive and relatable post about being gay. He is Jewish-Episcopalian, has divorced parents (his father is an English teacher, his mother an epidemiologist), likes superheroes, has excellent grammar, and is a very private person. Simon tells him everything, which is why it is hard to keep Martin's blackmail a secret. At first, Simon thinks Blue is Cal, but after sending him a series of questions pertaining to him, most of the answers sent back are "no". However, Blue finds out Simon's identity, so their e-mails become tense. At the end of the book, Simon finds out Blue's identity: Bram Greenfeld.

Nick Eisner- Simon's male best friend. Simon has known Nick since he was four. Nick has a crush on Abby and is a talented singer and guitarist. He is Jewish and plays soccer. Often times, he jumps into random philosophical moods, rambling existential monologues about his dreams and such. Simon finds this irresistible. Nick's crush on Abby is quite obvious, with him switching seats to sit next to her at lunch and his "lingering, lovesick eyes." He becomes Abby's boyfriend at the end of the book.

Leah Burke- Simon's female best friend. She is described as very "deadpan" and sarcastic and is shown to bottle up her feelings. She is very insecure about her looks, often hiding her thighs and such, despite Simon's reassurances. She is in love with Nick and is quite hostile towards Abby due to her feeling that the latter "intruded" on their friend group. At the end of the novel, it is revealed Leah has been learning drums for two years and is part of a band called Emoji, in which Simon's sister is the guitarist, Taylor is on vocals, Anna is the bassist, and Morgan is on the keyboard.

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