Wayward Son (Simon Snow, #2)

by Rainbow Rowell

Hi, this is Rainbow Rowell, the author of the Simon Snow Trilogy. With the third book – Any Way the Wind Blows – coming out this summer, I’m feeling very sentimental about Simon and Baz. I thought I’d leave some behind-the-scenes notes here in Wayward Son… I’ve always loved middle stories. (The Empire Strikes Back and The Two Towers are my two favorite films.) Wayward Son is very much a middle story. A between story. It starts with an epilogue and ends with a prologue -- and in the middle, Simon and his friends find themselves between adventures, wandering in the wilderness (also known as America). In Carry On, they realized that everything they trusted about the world might be wrong. In Wayward Son, they wonder whether everything they know about themselves might be wrong, too. I hope you enjoy this middle book and all of my middling notes. Thank you for reading!