Authors: Alice Oseman

Solitaire, Part 3 of 3 (13 page)

She yawns.

“But one day it’ll end. It always ends.”

And there’s sort of a moment where everyone’s sitting and
thinking
, you know? Like that feeling when you finish watching a film. You turn off the TV, the screen is black, but the pictures are replaying in your head and you think: what if that’s my life? What if that’s going to happen to me? Why don’t I get that happy ending? Why am
I
complaining about
my
problems?

I don’t know what’s going to happen to our school and I don’t know what’s going to happen to us. I don’t know how long I’m going to be like this.

All I know is that I’m here. And I’m alive. And I’m not alone.

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About the Author

Alice Oseman is a debut author from Rochester Kent, and is currently attending Durham university reading English. Alice has thoroughly researched sarcastic teenagers who spend a lot of time on the internet, by being a sarcastic teenager who spends a lot of time on the internet. Her debut novel,
Solitaire
, was signed when she was eighteen years old.

She is active on Twitter and Tumblr – her writing of
Solitaire
has been significantly inspired by behavioural trends on Tumblr. Alice is currently working on her second novel.

Copyright

First published in Great Britain by HarperCollins
Children’s
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