Becky Albertalli

Becky Albertalli is an American author known for young adult novels including Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda.

Books by Becky Albertalli

What If It's Us
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History Is All You Left Me
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Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
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Quotes by Becky Albertalli

He tells me to pick the music. I'm not sure if he knows that handing me his iPod is like handing me the window to his soul.
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They put me in a box, and every time I try to nudge the lid open, they slam it back down. It's like nothing about me is allowed to change.
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I have a sneaking suspicion that you're not 100% committed to your Oreo diet.
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We are out and we are alive, and everyone in the universe is out here right now.
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Did you just tell us you're gay? Asks NickYes.Okay, he says. Abby swats him. What?That's all you're going to say? Okay?He said not to make a big deal out of it, Nick says. What am I supposed to say?Say something supportive. I don't know. Or awkwardly hold his hand like I did. AnythingNick and I look at each other.I'm not holding your hand, I tell him, smiling a little.All right--he nods--but know that I would.
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It's more that I want to leap in and say certain things and do certain things, but I always seem to hold myself back. I think a big part of me is afraid.
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Wow, is that Katniss making out with Yoda?
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I take a sip of my beer, and it's - I mean, it's just astonishingly disgusting. I don't think I was expecting it to taste like ice cream, but holy fucking hell. People lie and get fake IDs and sneak into bars, and for this? I honestly think I'd rather make out with Bieber. The dog. Or Justin.
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What's a dementor?I mean, I can't even. Nora, you are no longer my sister.So it's some Harry Potter thing, she says.
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He tells me to pick the music. I'm not sure if he knows that handing me his iPod is like handing me the window to his soul.
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I take a sip of my beer, and it's - I mean, it's just astonishingly disgusting. I don't think I was expecting it to taste like ice cream, but holy fucking hell. People lie and get fake IDs and sneak into bars, and for this? I honestly think I'd rather make out with Bieber. The dog. Or Justin.
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We are out and we are alive, and everyone in the universe is out here right now.
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What's a dementor?I mean, I can't even. Nora, you are no longer my sister.So it's some Harry Potter thing, she says.
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Wow, is that Katniss making out with Yoda?
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It's more that I want to leap in and say certain things and do certain things, but I always seem to hold myself back. I think a big part of me is afraid.
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They put me in a box, and every time I try to nudge the lid open, they slam it back down. It's like nothing about me is allowed to change.
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I have a sneaking suspicion that you're not 100% committed to your Oreo diet.
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Did you just tell us you're gay? Asks NickYes.Okay, he says. Abby swats him. What?That's all you're going to say? Okay?He said not to make a big deal out of it, Nick says. What am I supposed to say?Say something supportive. I don't know. Or awkwardly hold his hand like I did. AnythingNick and I look at each other.I'm not holding your hand, I tell him, smiling a little.All right--he nods--but know that I would.
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From a plot perspective, what I finally found for my touchstone was that I consider 'Upside' to be a loose telling of Jane Austen's 'Emma,' or 'Clueless.'
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'Simon' was always a word-of-mouth book. When it came out in 2015, I don't know that anybody thought that 'Simon' could be mainstream. Publisher Harper Collins loved it in-house, but it wasn't a lead title. Nobody is more surprised than me that it's a film. It's the little book that could.
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