Characters
This student is known as "the Brain" of the Bayview Four.
Who is Bronwyn Rojas?
The event that brings the five students together at the beginning of the novel.
What is detention?
Bronwyn's secret involved doing this in chemistry.
What is cheating on a test?
The novel shows that people are more than these simplified labels.
What are stereotypes?
The school where the story takes place.
What is Bayview High?
This character is a baseball star with a secret he struggles to reveal.
Who is Cooper Clay?
Simon dies from this type of reaction.
What is an allergic reaction (anaphylactic shock)?
Addy's secret involved this betrayal.
What is cheating on Jake?
Simon's app demonstrates the dangers of this modern form of communication.
What is social media?
This teacher supervises the detention.
Who is Mr. Avery?
This student has a reputation as a criminal and is on probation.
Who is Nate Macauley?
This nickname is given to the four main suspects.
What is the Bayview Four?
Nate's secret is that he does this illegal activity.
What is dealing drugs?
Many conflicts in the novel involve hiding or revealing these.
What are secrets?
The famous 1985 movie often compared to the novel because of its stereotypical characters.
What is The Breakfast Club?
This popular girl is often referred to as "the Princess."
Who is Addy Prentiss?
The app Simon used to reveal students' secrets.
What is About That?
Cooper's secret threatens his perfect athletic image.
What is being gay?
Bronwyn and Nate's relationship develops this theme.
What is trust?
The type of narration used throughout most of the novel.
What is multiple first-person narration?
This student created the gossip app About That.
Who is Simon Kelleher?
The person ultimately responsible for Simon's death.
Who is Jake Riordan?
The reason Simon had power over so many students.
What is knowing and exposing their secrets?
A major message of the novel is that appearances can be this.
What is deceptive/misleading?
Simon originally intended his death to be part of this kind of plan.
What is a carefully planned murder/suicide scheme?