Charlie and Nick are at the same school but they ve never met until one day when they re 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 chanceBut love works in surprising ways and Nick is more interested in Charlie than either of them realisedBy Alice Oseman winner of the YA Book Prize Heartstopper is about love friendship loyalty and mental illness It encompasses all the small stories of Nick and Charlie s lives that together make up something larger which speaks to all of us