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Radio Silence Hardcover – March 28, 2017

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From the critically acclaimed creator of the Heartstopper series comes a smartly crafted contemporary YA novel, perfect for readers who love Rainbow Rowell’s Fangirl. This is an utterly captivating and authentic teen novel from the author of Solitaire, which VOYA said “could put her among the great young adult fiction authors.”

Frances Janvier spends most of her time studying.

Everyone knows Aled Last as that quiet boy who gets straight As.

You probably think that they are going to fall in love or something. Since he is a boy and she is a girl.

They don’t. They make a podcast.

In a world determined to shut them up, knock them down, and set them on a cookie cutter life path, Frances and Aled struggle to find their voices over the course of one life-changing year. Will they have the courage to show everyone who they really are? Or will they be met with radio silence?

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496 pages
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English
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HarperTeen
Publication date

March 28, 2017
Grade level

8 - 12
Reading age

13 years and up
Dimensions

5.5 x 1.49 x 8.25 inches
ISBN-10

0062335715
ISBN-13

978-0062335715
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HL760L
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Being clever was, after all, my primary source of self-esteem. I’m a very sad person, in all senses of the word, but at least I was going to get into university.
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You probably think that Aled Last and I are going to fall in love or something. Since he is a boy and I am a girl. I just wanted to say— We don’t. That’s all.
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Gr 9 Up—British teen Frances Janvier is a study machine, focused on doing whatever it takes to get into Cambridge. Her public persona is academic nerd, but in private, she is a rebel. Frances is a fan of offbeat podcasts, and her favorite by far is Universe City, whose agender main character (who is also the show's creator) goes by the name of Radio Silence. Frances has joined a fandom Tumblr account, using the moniker Toulouse, and occasionally posts sketches that reflect how she thinks the characters and settings might look. When she receives a message from the creator asking if she is willing to provide graphics for the show, she can't believe it. Frances is even more dumbfounded when she discovers that the mysterious Radio Silence is, in reality, Aled Last, who lives directly across the street from her. Likewise, Aled can't believe that his graphic artist, Toulouse, is Frances. They become fast friends and spend the majority of the summer working together on the podcast. But as the start of Frances's senior year in high school and Aled's first year at university approach, a revelation changes their close relationship. With their friendship in ruins and Aled miles away and spiraling into a dangerous depression, Frances must face long-buried fears and desires to find a way to save him. Oseman is a master at combining sardonic wit with angst to create believable characters and a compelling contemporary story that will resonate with teens. VERDICT A top pick for any YA collection.—Cary Frostick, formerly at Mary Riley Styles Public Library, Falls Church, VA

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“Oseman vividly illustrates that the world and its technologies offer opportunities for connection and fulfillment that go far beyond traditional definitions of success.” — Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“An intense, highly engaging, well–plotted story of relationships, explorations into gay and bisexual identities, family trauma, a straight-jacket education system, and, mostly, kids yearning to be their truest selves despite it all.” — Booklist (starred review)

“Keenly intelligent. A smart, timely outing.” — Kirkus Reviews

“Oseman is a master at combining sardonic wit with angst to create believable characters and a compelling contemporary story that will resonate with teens. VERDICT: A top pick for any YA collection.” — School Library Journal

Praise for SOLITAIRE: “A fascinating debut from an author to watch.” — ALA Booklist

“Oseman’s debut could put her among the great young adult fiction authors.” — Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA)

“Tori’s voice makes this story into a poignant yet blackly funny and even lively emotional journey. A deeply absorbing read.” — Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books

“Oseman proves herself a clever, witty writer.” — Publishers Weekly

“Honest and authentic… with appeal to fans of John Green.” — Bookseller (London)

“In [Oseman’s] punky, depressive, epigrammatic, mordant heroine Tori Spring we have a Holden Caulfield for the internet age.” — The Times (London)

“Intrigue, suspense, and a fairly spectacular climax will appeal to teens asking the big questions.” — ALA Booklist

Product details

Publisher ‏ : ‎ HarperTeen (March 28, 2017)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 496 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0062335715
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0062335715
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 13 years and up
Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ HL760L
Grade level ‏ : ‎ 8 - 12
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.19 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 1.49 x 8.25 inches

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Alice Oseman is an award-winning author, illustrator, and screenwriter. Alice is the creator of LGBTQ+ YA romance comic HEARTSTOPPER, and the writer, creator, and executive producer for the Emmy Award-winning television adaptation for Netflix, produced by See-Saw. Alice has written every episode and been involved at every stage, from casting to music. Alice is the author of several YA contemporary novels about teenage disasters: SOLITAIRE (published when she was 19), RADIO SILENCE, I WAS BORN FOR THIS, and LOVELESS (a New York Times bestseller). Alice’s books have won, been shortlisted or nominated for a number of awards, including the YA Book Prize, the Inky Awards, the Carnegie Medal, and the Goodreads Choice Awards. Alice was named the Attitude Person of the Year 2023, and The British Book Awards Illustrator of the Year.

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Celia

I'm beginning feel bad for people who haven't read this yet

Reviewed in the United States on July 4, 2018

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“Hello. I hope somebody is listening.”

Be prepared for a crazy amount of quotes.

So, I didn't expect to finish the last 300 pages of this book last night. But I did. I also didn't expect to be completely drowned in this story. It took my feet and pulled and kept on pulling. A day later and I've yet to reach the bottom. That is how much it stayed with me. I'm beginning feel bad for people who haven't read this yet.

I don't even know where to start. *deep breath* Okay...

So, this is one of those books that I completely thought was different than it turned out to be. But it was a good surprise. Like Christmas morning and when you find a dollar in your pants pocket. The characters drive this story along. Oh, did I add that all of the main characters are queer? Not only that but there is so much diversity I almost ran outside and screamed for an AMEN.

There were so many geek references in this book. Game of Thrones. Scott Pilgrim. SPIRITED AWAY. On top of some pretty awesome music selections. I feel like I need to be best friends with the author. Like now.

The themes in this story include depression, sexual confusion, online bullying, and abuse but on top of that, you have friendships that wild horses could not pull apart, platonic love, long lost love, typical teenage problems like school and whether to check your Tumbler or not which made it so relatable. And even though Frances' mother was awesome, not all of the parentals figures were so understanding. Which is something a lot of teenagers can relate to for sure.

“I stopped speaking. There was no point trying to argue. There was no way she was going to even attempt to listen to me.
They never do, do they? They never even try to listen to you.”

I almost forgot to talk about the individual protagonists as a whole. So, there's Frances, and she's obsessed with a podcast called University City which is about a person stuck in a monster-ridden city set in the future. She meets Aled, who happens ot be the creator of the podcast. Cool? Yep. Only he doesn't want the world to know that. He is a very private with some heavy family drama.

“...it felt like we were friends. Friends who barely knew anything about each other except the other's most private secret.”

It's a slow burn friendship and THANK THE SKIES, there is no romantic love between them. They have a beautiful, soul-mate type connection that feels so real and it makes me yearn for something like that.

“And I’m platonically in love with you.”
“That was literally the boy-girl version of ‘no homo,’ but I appreciate the sentiment.”

Without giving too much away, Aled's podcast and his persona, Radio Silence hit me in the feels. When it all comes together, and we realize who he's speaking to and how deep his agony goes, it just ripped out my heart.

“I wonder - if nobody is listening to my voice, am I even making any sound at all?"

Sometimes, I think we all feel that way, and Radio's pain is our pain. This book was written for you and for me.

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Thebookbella

A heartfelt and enduring realtionship

Reviewed in the United States on August 28, 2019

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"Sometimes I was hit with the weight of things I didn't know..."

TW: Death of an animal, parental abuse, suicide ideation, depression, discussion of mental illness

This is about a girl named Frances Janvier. She is a book worm, and is devout in her studies like her whole life relied on good grades. She isn't close to her school friends because she is too busy with school and only spends time with here and there. But she has a secret life that she burrows into. She draw for her favorite Youtube podcast, Universe City (with the creator of the podcast a mystery). This secret life is where she can truly be herself and explore an area outside of school. One night at a pub, she runs into a drunk Aled Last who admits to her that he is the creator of Universe City. Frances takes Aled back to her house so he can sleep off his drunken state. The next day she reminds him of his confession and from here a platonic friendship bloom.

This book is really hyped, so what's the deal?

This a completely platonic friendship between a boy and girl, which is something you don't get a ton of in books. Usually there is a romance that blossoms between two main characters. But not here. Partly due to their feelings for one another, partly due to the LGBTQ2+ rep in this. Frances is in love with Aled's sister has been for a long time. Aled is in love with his friend, Daniel. Also Aled is Demisexual (not sexually attracted to people until after he forms emotional attachments). Now the next thing about this book is it is very diverse. Frances is biracial (Ethiopean and British) and Daniel is South Korean Immigrant as an example. There is diversity rep in more of the side characters. So many things about this book make it different and expansive.

This book also focuses on Youtube channel growth and the internet fame that comes with this. Also, it highlighted the Trolls you can come into contact with.

This book is very tender and beautiful and I really enjoyed it. The platonic relationship of Aled and Francis was so beautiful. It endured from a distance and was loving up close. No matter how long they spent away from each other they were still both able to come back to this safe and close relationship like they had never spent any time away at all. I think this book does so much to highlight how important these enduring and safe relationships are. We see so many books where distance and life aren't as much a factor as they were in this book. I feel like this book gave us a very realistic relationship that dosen't delude us into thinking all beautiful relationships exists in a constant state of close proximity. We can be distant and still love and be loved by people. We carry the ones we love with us everywhere so no time actually passes for us that we are without them in spirit. For me, the relationship was just as important as the life that happens in between it. I

I think another thing to note about this is how a relationship like this can change you and how having this kind of support can get you through so many hardships. You can be better for having relationship like this in your life.

This also lent a very realistic voice to academic pressure in school and how it is stressed in school that you will never be anything without a college degree. This make school into a urgent life or death experience that is abundant in stress and pressure in excellence. This is so realistic to students who are about to graduate.

There was really so many things to love about this book and I definitely think it was worth all the hype.

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Ashley Marie

Unique

Reviewed in the United States on July 11, 2020

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I’ve truly never read a book quite like this. While it has a lot of the elements of a typical YA Coming of Age novel, it contains so much more depth and mystery. Once I was about 25% of the way in, I couldn’t put it down.

I loved Frances as a character. She embodies what a lot of young adults experience at that age. She’s trying to find herself and the balance of school/real life. But she’s also struggling with what a true relationship is and how idolizing people isn’t always a safe choice.

I felt Aled was a beautifully developed and complex character. He was someone that, even as a reader, was hard to understand but in a good way. I constantly found myself surprised by his actions while also finding him completely endearing.

I thought the plot was a little slow at the beginning but it developed naturally and I liked that it was over a pretty large time period too so it didn’t feel as if it was a week of pure chaos.

I also appreciated all of the various heavy topics it covered. It didn’t feel thrown in that there was a lot of sexuality questioning or that manipulative parents existed. It all felt true to their experiences and felt real.

The only reason I didn’t give it five stars was that it did feel a bit dramatic overall. I’m not sure the Carys plot line was actually necessary other than to be used as a “look, you can survive without school.” But I would highly recommend this.

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╶⃝⃤ Jay Jay ╶⃝⃤

READ IT!!

Reviewed in the United States on April 23, 2024

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I read this book a few years ago and it’s amazing I love see the background charaters in Heartstopper having there own backstory’s I love Aled and Frances

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Audrey P. Sy

A little bit creased but otherwise fine :))

Reviewed in the United States on April 1, 2024

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I wish it was packaged a little bit better to avoid the creases that the book came with. Other than that, no complains. It is happily displayed on my book shelf :))

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Ana Flávia

Um romance pra ler numa sentada

Reviewed in Brazil on July 4, 2022

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Detalhe pra quem não está acostumado a comprar edições em paperback em inglês, a qualidade não se compara com as edições brasileiras. Não tem orelha e as folhas são estilo jornal. A lombada é bem frágil e quebra facilmente. Mas é bom pra ler a formatação é confortável.
Eu amei o estilo de escrita da Alice. Só tinha lido Heartstopper e meti a cara e comprei quase todos os romances dela. Espero que sejam todos tão gostosinhos de ler quanto Radio Silence.

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nicole

Everything is fine

Reviewed in Poland on January 31, 2023

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The cover is correct

carl

:)

Reviewed in Sweden on May 31, 2022

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Such a good book! Just that’s it came abit scratched on the top. It might have been me but I just got them so idk?

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G

wrong book cover

Reviewed in the Netherlands on May 3, 2022

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the book arrived in great condition but i didn’t get the cover described on the image, am quite dissatisfied since it would have matched the rest of my collection

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Abigail

Totalmente recomendado.

Reviewed in Mexico on September 6, 2020

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El libro llego en excelentes condiciones, tal cual lo muestran las imagenes, el unico detalle seria que dos hojas tienen dos marcas de dobleces, pero no es ningun problema.
La trama del libro es muy buena. Los personajes son complejos y cada uno de ellos tiene su propio desarrollo en la historia. Lo recomiendo.