The series encompasses all the small stories of Nick and Charlie’s lives that together makeup something larger, which speaks to all of us. Navigating the ups and downs of first love, friendships, coming out, and mental health, I admired how positively Oseman portrays Charlie and Nick, celebrating the hopeful love between them and their tight-knit group of friends. Heartstopper firmly takes a spot in the long list of game-changing queer fiction. But love works in surprising ways, and Nick is more interested in Charlie than either of them realised.ĭiversity and representation are such important themes in literature, especially in kids and YA books. They quickly become friends, and soon Charlie is falling hard for Nick, even though he doesn’t think he has a chance. So what’s the Heartstopper series all about? Volume one follows two teenage boys: Charlie, a highly-strung, openly gay over-thinker, and Nick, a cheerful, soft-hearted rugby player.Ĭharlie and Nick are at the same school, but they’ve never met… until one day when they’re made to sit together. It includes Oseman’s artwork and photographs showing characters from the Netflix show, and also contains exclusive pages from Oseman’s original TV scripts.

This new edition is the TV tie-in edition of the first volume of the series. Since then, Oseman has published two more volumes, a colouring book and it’s also been adapted as a live-action Netflix series! By Alice Oseman, winner of the YA Book Prize, the first two volumes in the Heartstopper series inspired an outpouring of love when they were first published in 2019, with one million print copies sold worldwide to date. Originally a webcomic on Tumblr and Tapas, Heartstopper has amassed an enormous online fanbase with over 52.1 million views to date.

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