Leah on the Offbeat by Becky Albertalli

Leah on the Offbeat by Becky Albertalli

#1 New York Times bestseller! Goodreads Choice Award for the best young adult novel of the year!

In this sequel to the acclaimed Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda--now a major motion picture, Love, Simon--we follow Simon's BFF Leah in a heartfelt coming of age story as she grapples with changing friendships, first love, and senior year angst.

When it comes to drumming, Leah Burke is usually on beat--but real life isn't always so rhythmic.

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.

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 in this YA LGBTQ+ romance are running high.

It's hard for Leah to strike the right note while the people she loves are fighting--especially when a surprising friends to lovers romance has her realizing she might love one of them more than she ever intended.

Plus don't miss Yes No Maybe So, Becky Albertalli's and Aisha Saeed's heartwarming and hilarious new novel, coming in 2020! 

• A Must-Read for Love, Simon Fans: Go beyond the film and discover what happens next for the Creekwood High crew from the perspective of Simon's witty, artistic best friend, Leah.
• An Authentic Bisexual Romance: Leah already knows she's bi, but coming out to her friends is another story--especially when her crush on one of them starts to become something more.
• Navigating Senior Year: With prom, graduation, and college choices threatening to splinter her tight-knit group of friends, Leah has to find her own rhythm in the chaos.
• A Witty, Body Positive Heroine: Meet Leah Burke: a sharp-tongued drummer, a talented artist who's too shy to share her work, and your new favorite fat Slytherin.

Becky Albertalli is the number one New York Times bestselling author of William C. Morris Award winner and National Book Award longlist title Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda (now a major motion picture, Love, Simon); The Upside of Unrequited; Leah on the Offbeat; the Simonverse novella Love, Creekwood; What If It's Us (cowritten with Adam Silvera); Yes No Maybe So (cowritten with Aisha Saeed); and most recently, Kate in Waiting. Becky lives with her family in Atlanta. You can visit her online at www.beckyalbertalli.com.