The story is set around the present day time. Will they rekindle their friendship, or will it crumble to pieces?
But when Aled’s secret identity is revealed, their friendship is tested, and France’s vision of her future starts to become blurry. He may be even Frances’s first real friend. Through working on the podcast together, Aled and Frances become friends. After getting offered to be the artist for Universe City, a coincidence leads her to meet the creator himself, Aled Last. But behind her studious and serious nature, Frances has another side to her, one that loves weird clothes, art, and is obsessed with the infamous (and fictional) podcast Universe City. Radio Silence is about Frances Janvier, a teenage girl who has one goal in life, to get into the University of Cambridge. I am reading from a similar perspective being born and raised in Canada also in the 20th century. Radio Silence is based in Kent, England in the 20th century.
Personally, I think that anyone, ages 12 and up, can read this book. Alice Oseman is a queer author who has written one book previous to Radio Silence, Solitaire. Radio Silence is a contemporary young adult fiction novel written by Alice Oseman and winner of the 2017 Inky awards which can be found here. Their problems and hidden depths can relate to the definition of the term radio silence. Frances’s hidden self, Aled’s pain, Daniel’s confusion about his relationship with Aled, and Carys’ disappearance. In some ways, they are being silent about something that they have trouble sharing with even those that care the most about them. Each character in their own way is hiding something. The title Radio Silence in a nutshell would be the name of Aled Lasts’ alias for his podcast Universe City.
#Radio silence full
It’s only now, after having read the full book, that I remember a certain English lesson where we had to analyze a book title before we read it and all the information you can get about a book just by looking at the title. A YA coming of age read that tackles issues of identity, the pressure to succeed, diversity and freedom to choose, Radio Silence is a tour de force by the most exciting writer of her generation.When I first looked at the title, I could only remember faint remnants of the definition, a time during which it’s only silence. Frances is going to need every bit of courage she has. And it's only by being your true self that you can find happiness. It's only by facing up to your fears that you can overcome them. Meanwhile at uni, Aled is alone, fighting even darker secrets. She has to confess why Carys disappeared. Suffocating with guilt, she knows that she has to confront her past. Caught between who she was and who she longs to be, Frances' dreams come crashing down. Then the podcast goes viral and the fragile trust between them is broken. He unlocks the door to Real Frances and for the first time she experiences true friendship, unafraid to be herself. But when Frances meets Aled, the shy genius behind her favourite podcast, she discovers a new freedom. Nothing will stand in her way not friends, not a guilty secret - not even the person she is on the inside. What if everything you set yourself up to be was wrong? Frances has always been a study machine with one goal, elite university.
#Radio silence series
The second novel by the phenomenally talented Alice Oseman, author of Solitaire and graphic novel series Heartstopper - soon to be a major Netflix series.
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