Cal Price – One of Leah's classmates and the stage manager of the school's theatre production of Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat.

Taylor Metternich – Leah's self-obsessed, pretentious classmate and lead singer of Emoji.

Nora is not very assertive but described by Simon as 'under the radar cool'.

Nora Spier – Simon's younger sister and the guitarist in Emoji.

She is Chinese-American, wears black eyeliner and reads manga.

Anna – One of Leah's friends and the bassist in Emoji.

In the novel, Morgan says something that causes Leah's group to fracture. She is Jewish and the events that occurred at her bat mitzvah are frequently mentioned by the other characters.

Morgan – One of Leah's friends and the keyboardist in Emoji.

Garrett has a crush on Leah and is a part of her larger circle of friends.

Garrett Laughlin – Bram's best friend and a member of the soccer team with Bram and Nick.

Bram Greenfeld – Simon's boyfriend, a quiet, polite and cute soccer player.

Leah is head over heels in love with Abby.

Abigail Suso – Nick's girlfriend and one of Simon's closest friends.

Towards the end of Simon, Nick began a relationship with Abby, much to Leah's annoyance.

Nick Eisner – A talented singer, guitarist and soccer player and one of Leah's best friends.

He is supportive, enjoys Oreos, musical theatre, Elliott Smith and Bram Greenfeld.

Simon Spier – Leah's best friend with whom she was secretly in love when they were younger.

She is very insecure and struggling to deal with her bisexuality.

She has a deadpan, sarcastic sense of humor and is known to bottle up her feelings.

Leah Burke – The young protagonist of the novel who is the drummer in the band Emoji.

It’s hard for Leah to strike the right note while the people she loves are fighting - especially when she realizes she might love one of them more than she ever intended. With prom and college on the horizon, tensions are running high. So Leah really doesn’t know what to do when her rock-solid friend group starts to fracture in unexpected ways. And even though her mom knows she’s bisexual, she hasn’t mustered the courage to tell her friends - not even her openly gay BFF, Simon.

She loves to draw but is too self-conscious to show it. An anomaly in her friend group, she’s the only child of a young, single mom, and her life is decidedly less privileged. When it comes to drumming, Leah Burke is usually on beat - but real life isn’t always so rhythmic. the Homo Sapiens Agenda - takes center stage in this novel of first love and senior-year angst. Leah Burke-girl-band drummer, master of deadpan, and Simon Spier’s best friend from the award-winning Simon vs.

Leah on the off beat