Radio Silence - Alice Oseman

\nThe second novel by the phenomenally talented Alice Oseman, the author of the million-copy bestselling Heartstopper books--now a major Netflix series.\n \nWhat if everything you set yourself up to be was wrong?\n \nFrances 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.\n \nBut when Frances meets Aled, the shy genius behind her favorite podcast, she discovers a new freedom. He unlocks the door to Real Frances and for the first time she experiences true friendship, unafraid to be herself. Then the podcast goes viral and the fragile trust between them is broken.\n \nCaught between who she was and who she longs to be, Frances's dreams come crashing down. Suffocating with guilt, she knows that she has to confront her past...\n \nShe has to confess why Carys disappeared...\n \nMeanwhile at university, Aled is alone, fighting even darker secrets.\n \nIt's only by facing up to your fears that you can overcome them. And it's only by being your true self that you can find happiness.\n \nFrances is going to need every bit of courage she has.\n \nA coming-of-age read that tackles issues of identity, the pressure to succeed, diversity, and freedom to choose, Radio Silence is a tour de force by the most exciting writer of her generation.\n