Leah on the Offbeat
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  • Published: 3 May 2018
  • ISBN: 9780241331071
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 350

Leah on the Offbeat

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Paperback
30 Apr 2018
EBook
3 May 2018
Audiobook
3 May 2018
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'The love child of John Green and Rainbow Rowell' - Teen Vogue

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 mum, and her life is decidedly less privileged. 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.

With some messy dynamics emerging in this once tight-knit group of friends, senior year suddenly gets even more complicated for Leah, as she realises she's falling not for the guy who's taking her to prom, but for the girl who's dating her best friend.
  • Published: 3 May 2018
  • ISBN: 9780241331071
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 350
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About the author

Becky Albertalli

Becky Albertalli is a clinical psychologist who has had the privilege of conducting therapy with dozens of smart, weird, irresistible teenagers. She also served for seven years as co-leader of a support group for gender nonconforming children in Washington, DC. She now lives with her family in Atlanta. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda is her first novel.

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Praise for Leah on the Offbeat

I love this fresh, funny, live-out-loud book.

Jennifer Niven, New York Times bestselling author of All the Bright Places

The love child of John Green and Rainbow Rowell

Teen Vogue

A remarkable gift of a novel.

Andrew Smith, author of Grasshopper Jungle

Both hilarious and heart-breaking

Publishers Weekly (starred review)

A brilliant beacon of optimism and cuteness for LGBTQA+ youth in a genre often bogged down with tragedy and heartbreak. Books like SIMON do change people's lives

Waterstones Darlington

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Q & A with Becky Albertalli

Questions and answers with Becky Albertalli, as well as a shoutout to NZ readers! Becky is the author of Love, Simon and Leah On The Offbeat.