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The First Day

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Librarian's Note: The ISBN 9781338617535 for this book was also used by "Heartstopper, Vol. 3" by the same author.

A moment between Tau and Elle before her first day in her new school

10 pages, Unknown Binding

Published February 6, 2020

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Alice Oseman

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Alice Oseman is an award-winning author, illustrator, and screenwriter, and was born in 1994 in Kent, England. She has written four YA contemporary novels about teenage disasters: SOLITAIRE, RADIO SILENCE, I WAS BORN FOR THIS, and LOVELESS. She is the creator of LGBTQ+ YA romance webcomic HEARTSTOPPER, which is now published in physical form by Hachette Children's Books, and she is the writer, creator, and executive producer for the television adaptation of HEARTSTOPPER, which is set to be released on Netflix.

Alice’s first novel SOLITAIRE was published when she was nineteen. Her YA novels have been nominated for the YA Book Prize, the Inky Awards, the Carnegie Medal, and the Goodreads Choice Awards.

Alongside writing and drawing, Alice enjoys playing the piano semi-proficiently, Pokémon games, and purchasing too many Converse.

Find Alice on Twitter and Instagram @AliceOseman.

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This still doesn't really explain how Tao and Elle got together. Did Tao start liking her when she was still a guy? Or after she started transitioning? Why is she just now going to Higgs? Is her gender finally being recognized?? STILL SO MANY QUESTIONS!
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