I thought that Aled was a fascinating character. Young adult books rarely even have a boy/girl friendship at all.

I don’t often read books where the whole plot revolves around a friendship between a girl and a boy and neither of them have any romantic feelings towards the other. The friendship between Aled and Frances was fantastic.

I think the short chapters had something to do with it because it kept me turning the pages! I had to know how everything panned out and it couldn’t wait. I read it over two days, and on the second day I couldn’t put it down.

Radio Silence was an incredibly addictive book. Suffocating with guilt, she knows that she has to confront her past… Review Then the podcast goes viral and the fragile trust between them is broken.Ĭaught 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.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. A smart, timely outing.Publisher: Harper Collins Children’s Books A top pick for any YA collection.' - School Library Journal 'Oseman is a master at combining sardonic wit with angst to create believable characters and a compelling contemporary story that will resonate with teens. An intense, highly engaging, wellplotted 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 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 Radio Silence, in which a high school senior tries to keep his identity as the creator and host of a popular YouTube video podcast a secret, has some good character building and pacing but ultimately very low stakes that make it hard to care about anything that happens.' - Matt Grant

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