Charlie Spring is in Year 10 at Truham Grammar School for Boys. The past year hasn't been too great, but at least he's not being bullied anymore, and he's sort of got a boyfriend, even if he's kind of mean and only wants to meet up in secret.
Nick Nelson is in Year 11 and on the school rugby team. He's heard a little about Charlie - the kid who was outed last year and bullied for a few months - but he's never had the opportunity to talk to him. That is, until the start of January, in which Nick and Charlie are placed in the same form group and made to sit together.
They quickly become friends, and soon Charlie is falling hard for Nick, even though he doesn't think he has a chance. But love works in surprising ways, and sometimes good things are waiting just around the corner...
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[Charlie, that was only the first bell]***
(@HachetteKids, 7 February 2019, first published September 2016, 263 pages, paperback, borrowed from @GlasgowLib)
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I loved Heartstopper Volume Three when I read a #ARC a few weeks ago. I fell in love with Charlie and Nick and wanted to know their whole story. So I was delighted when I managed to pick this up in the library. I enjoyed this as much as Volume Three. Charlie and Nick are adorable. I loved learning how they met and became friend despite being so different. It made me want to go aww like a million times as I read about their friendship developing into romance. I've reserved Volume Two as well. Oseman has written books as well which I need to check out. Rabid fan girl alert!
