BOW, Erin. Simon Sort of Says. Los Angeles: Disney [2023]. 8vo, [vi] 314pp. Light blue boards with spine stamped in blue. Yellow endpapers. A fine copy in original color pictorial dust jacket (no medal affixed). Signed by the author, Erin Bow!

 

First edition. 2024 Newbery Honor Book! Simon O’Keeffe’s biggest claim to fame should be the time his dad accidentally gave a squirrel a holy sacrament. Or maybe the alpaca disaster that went viral on YouTube. But the story the whole world wants to tell about Simon is the one he’d do anything to forget: the one starring Simon as a famous survivor of gun violence at school. Two years after the infamous event, twelve-year-old Simon and his family move to the National Quiet Zone—the only place in America where the internet is banned. Instead of talking about Simon, the astronomers who flock to the area are busy listening for signs of life in space. And when Simon makes a friend who’s determined to give the scientists what they’re looking for, he’ll finally have the chance to spin a new story for the world to tell.