Simon is thrilled to be moving to a place in the United States with no internet, or cell phones, or computers or even….microwaves! Yup, nothing like that. He and his parents have moved to the National Quiet Zone which is where there are a ton of radio telescopes. These telescopes listen in on outer space and can’t have anything interfere with that. Which makes it the perfect place for Simon and his family, because Simon doesn’t want anyone to know what happened to him, two years before. And he knows no one can find him if the internet isn’t there!
What Simon isn’t expecting though, is on his first day at school, to have a girl approach him and basically try to recruit him for a plan she has. A plan that Simon realizes will do the opposite of what he wants, which is to stay under the radar of everyone!
Simon Sort of Says by Erin Bow is at times funny, at times serious, but at all times good at letting us know just what Simon is going through in trying to move on after a terrible incident.
Recommended for grades 6 and up.
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