The TV adaptation of Alice Oseman’s graphic novel Heartstopper, a coming-of-age romance, has been on Netflix for just over a week. Already, it has been watched by viewers for over 15 million hours! The series, and novel, tells the story of Charlie Spring, a gay teenager who falls in love with his new form-mate, Nick Nelson the popular and accomplished rugby player.
The stories of Charlie, Nick, and their friends go beyond Heartstopper and Alice Oseman has also written two novellas about her beloved characters: Nick & Charlie and This Winter. She is also the author of I Was Born For This, Loveless, Radio Silence, and Solitaire.
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A Heartstopper Novella: Nick & Charlie
9780008389666 | PB B | £7.99
Everyone knows that Nick and Charlie are the perfect couple that they’re inseparable. But now Nick is leaving for university, and Charlie will be left behind at Sixth Form. Everyone’s asking if they’re staying together, which is a stupid question they’re Nick and Charlie’ for God’s sake!
But as the time to say goodbye gets inevitably closer, both Nick and Charlie question whether their love is strong enough to survive being apart. Or are they delaying the inevitable? Because everyone knows that first loves rarely last forever ¦
A Heartstopper Novella: This Winter
9780008412937 | PB B | £7.99
The festive season isn’t always happy for Tori Spring and her brother Charlie. And this year’s going to be harder than most. Find out why in the Heartstopper Novella: This Winter.
Solitaire
9780007559220 | PB B | £8.99
My name is Tori Spring. I like to sleep and I like to blog. Last year before all that stuff with Charlie and before I had to face the harsh realities of A-Levels and university applications and the fact that one day I really will have to start talking to people I had friends. Things were very different, I guess, but that’s all over now.
Now there’s Solitaire. And Michael Holden. I don’t know what Solitaire are trying to do, and I don’t care about Michael Holden. I really don’t.
Other novels by Alice Oseman
I was Born for This
9780008244095 | PB B | £8.99
For Angel Rahimi life is about one thing: The Ark a pop-rock trio of teenage boys who are taking the world by storm. Being part of The Ark’s fandom has given her everything she loves her friend Juliet, her dreams, her place in the world.
Jimmy Kaga-Ricci owes everything to The Ark. He’s their frontman and playing in a band with his mates is all he ever dreamed of doing.
But dreams don’t always turn out the way you think and when Jimmy and Angel are unexpectedly thrust together, they find out how strange and surprising facing up to reality can be.
Loveless
9780008244125 | PB B | £8.99
Georgia has never been in love, never kissed anyone, never even had a crush but as a fanfic-obsessed romantic she’s sure she’ll find her person one day.
As she starts university with her best friends, Pip and Jason, Georgia’s ready to find romance, and with her outgoing roommate on her side and a place in the Shakespeare Society, her teenage dream’ is in sight. But when her romance plan wreaks havoc amongst her friends, Georgia ends up in her own comedy of errors…
Radio Silence
9780007559244 | PB B | £8.99
Frances has always been a study machine with one goal, elite university. Nothing will stand in her way; not friends, not a guilty secret not even the person she is on the inside.
But when Frances meets Aled, the shy genius behind her favourite podcast, she discovers a new freedom. Then the podcast goes viral and the fragile trust between them is broken.
Caught between who she was and who she longs to be, Frances’ dreams come crashing down. Suffocating with guilt, she knows that she has to confront her past ¦
