Praise for Simon Sort of Says by Erin Bow
A Newbery Honor Book
Longlisted for the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature
A Schneider Family Book Award Honor Book
An Audie Award Finalist
Winner of the 2023 CYBILS Award for Middle Grade Fiction
Winner of the 2024–2025 TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award
A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection
An Indie Next Selection
A National Education Association’s Read Across America Recommendation
A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2023
A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2023
A School Library Journal Best Book of 2023
A Shelf Awareness Best Book of 2023
A Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books Blue Ribbon Book
A Chicago Public Library Kids Best of the Best Book
A Bank Street College 2024 Best Book of the Year (with a star for outstanding merit)
A 2023–2024 Project LIT Book Club Pick
An Amazon Editors’ Pick January 2023
“Funny, poignant and—most important—hopeful.” —The New York Times
“A remarkable achievement.” —Ali Benjamin, New York Times best-selling and National Book Award–nominated author of The Thing About Jellyfish
“Fast-paced and full of quirky characters, Simon Sort of Says presents a tragedy stitched up with humor, sensitivity, and rare humanity.” —Jack Gantos, Newbery Award–winning author of Dead End in Norvelt
“This book is as close to everything as one book can be.” —Kyle Lukoff, Newbery Honor–winning, Stonewall Award–winning, and National Book Award–nominated author of Too Bright to See
★ “Adroit, sensitive, horrifying, yet hilarious.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review
★ “Compassionate and refreshingly hopeful.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review
★ “Bow’s storytelling brims with vitality.” —Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books, starred review
“A near-perfect novel.” —Shelf Awareness
“[Masterful] . . . funny and heartfelt in equal measure.” —School Library Journal
“Heartwarming, heartbreaking and, it must be said, hilarious.” —National Catholic Reporter
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