No boys, no girls, not a single person I had ever met. He’s their frontman – and playing in a band with his mates is all he ever dreamed of doing.īut 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. Jimmy Kaga-Ricci owes everything to The Ark.

Being part of The Ark’s fandom has given her everything she loves – her friend Juliet, her dreams, her place in the world. Then the podcast goes viral and the fragile trust between them is broken.įor Angel Rahimi life is about one thing: The Ark – a pop-rock trio of teenage boys who are taking the world by storm.

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.īut 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?įrances has always been a study machine with one goal, elite university. Things were very different, I guess, but that’s all over now. 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. ‘ The Catcher in the Rye for the digital age’ The Times ‘ The Catcher in the Rye for the digital age’ The Times. The acclaimed novels from Alice Oseman, the author of the 2021 YA Book Prize winning Loveless

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