Relate to it more than I did now as a 25-year-old. I wish that I’d read when I was 17 because I would definitely have been able to Alice Oseman shouts out a big fat HELL NO with this second novel of hers. Of how our society creates a belief in young people’s minds that if they fail a test, their life is over, and they will never be happy. It deals with the more and more prevalent topic of ‘the pressure to do well’ in school. Also, teachers and parents should probably read it too. Radio Silence by Alice Oseman should be mandatory reading for everyone in high school. To confess why Carys disappeared.įrances is going to need every bit of courage she has (Goodreads).

Now Frances knows that she has to confront her past. So when the fragile trust between them is broken, Frances is caught between who she was and who she longs to be. Then Frances meets Aled, and for the first time she’s unafraid to be herself. Nothing will stand in her way not friends, not a guilty secret – not even the person she is on the inside. And it’s only by being your true self that you can find happiness.Frances is going to need every bit of courage she has.A YA 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.What if everything you set yourself up to be was wrong?įrances is a study machine with one goal. Suffocating with guilt, she knows that she has to confront her past…She has to confess why Carys disappeared…Meanwhile at uni, Aled is alone, fighting even darker secrets.It’s only by facing up to your fears that you can overcome them. 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. He unlocks the door to Real Frances and for the first time she experiences true friendship, unafraid to be herself. 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. What if everything you set yourself up to be was wrong?Frances has always been a study machine with one goal, elite university. The second novel by the phenomenally talented Alice Oseman, author of Solitaire and graphic novel series Heartstopper – now a major Netflix series.

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