Becky Albertalli Leah On The Offbeat 2018 Penguin Books, Limited 2018

Synopsis

<p><b>Love, Victor is now a major TV series on Dinsey+, set in the world of the hit film Love, Simon </b><br><b><br>You've seen Leah in the groundbreaking major motion picture <i>Love Simon </i>(based on the amazing <i>Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda)</i>. </b> <p><b>N</b><b>ow it's her turn to take centre stage. </b> <p>---------- <p>When it comes to drumming, <b>Leah Burke</b> is usually on beat- but real life isn't always so rhythmic. <p>The only child of a single mum, and her life is less privileged than her friends. <p><b>Her mum knows she's bisexual, but Leah hasn't mustered the courage to tell her friends. </b><br><b><br>Not even her openly gay BFF, Simon. </b> <p>Prom and college are on the horizon, and tensions are running high. <p>Can Leah still strike the right note, when the people she loves are fighting? <p>And <b>how can she cope knowing that she might love one of her friends more than she ever intended?</b> <p>---------- <p><b>Praise for Becky Albertalli: </b> <p> 'The love child of <b>John Green and Rainbow Rowell</b>' Teen Vogue <p> 'I love you, Simon. I love you! And I love this <b>fresh, funny, live-out-loud book</b>.' Jennifer Niven, New York Times bestselling author of <i>All the Bright Places</i> <p> <b>'A remarkable gift of a novel</b>.' Andrew Smith, author of <i>Grasshopper Jungle <p> </i>'Both <b>hilarious and heartbreaking</b> . . . Readers will fall madly in love with Simon' <i>Publishers Weekly</i> (starred review) <p> 'A brilliant beacon of optimism and cuteness for LGBTQA+ youth in a genre often bogged down with tragedy and heartbreak. <b>Books like SIMON do change people's lives</b>' Waterstones Darlington Bookseller <p> '<b>A wonderfully charismatic story </b>about coming-of-age and coming out'. <i>Bookseller</i> <p> 'Funny, moving and <b>emotionally wise</b>' <i>Kirkus Reviews</i> (starred) <p> 'It made me laugh, cry and all the fifty shades of emotions I can think of right now. <b>There is literally no adjectives that would be suffice to describe how brilliant this book is</b>' Goodreads (5 star review) <p> 'I think <b>I just felt my heart explode</b> in my chest' Goodreads (5 star review) <p> 'One of the most electric, authentic characters I've ever read. . .<b> I LOVE this book</b>. LOVE it. Five freaking stars.' Goodreads (5 Stars)</p>