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  • Published: 3 October 2016
  • ISBN: 9781760142667
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 320

Our Chemical Hearts




An irresistible story of first love, broken hearts, and the golden seams that put them back together again – now an Amazon original film starring Lili Reinhart (Riverdale) and Austin Abrams (Paper Towns).

Now an Amazon original film starring Lili Reinhart (Riverdale) and Austin Abrams (Paper Towns).

'Irresistible, romantic and heartbreaking, Sutherland’s debut will have huge appeal to readers of John Green and Jennifer Niven.' The Bookseller

Henry Page has never been in love. The slo-mo, can’t-eat-can’t-sleep kind of love he’s been hoping for just hasn’t been on the cards—at least not yet. Henry’s too busy trying to get into a semi-decent college and become editor of his school newspaper, a dream three years in the making. The rest of his spare time he spends with his best friends, Lola and Murray, playing video games and advising them on their own sordid love lives.

Then he meets Grace Town, the elusive new girl in school, who wears oversized boys’ clothing, walks with a cane, rarely seems to shower, and is hiding crushing secrets. She’s hardly who Henry expected his dream girl to be, but when the two are chosen to edit the paper together, sparks fly. After all this time, Henry’s about to learn firsthand just how disastrous the road to first love can be—and that sometimes it’s the detours that end up mattering much more.

A brilliant novel from the author of A Semi-Definitive List of Worst Nightmares that is equal parts humour and heartbreak, Krystal Sutherland’s Our Chemical Hearts is a potent reminder of the bittersweet bliss that is first love.

  • Published: 3 October 2016
  • ISBN: 9781760142667
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 320

About the author

Krystal Sutherland

Krystal Sutherland is the New York Times and indie bestselling author of House of Hollow, A Semi-Definitive List of Worst Nightmares and Our Chemical Hearts, which was adapted into a film by Amazon Studios. Her books have been published in more than twenty countries and nominated for the Carnegie Medal and YA Book Prize, among others. Originally from Australia, she has lived on four continents and currently calls London home.

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Awards & recognition

Indie Book Awards

Shortlisted  •  2017  •  Young Adult

Readings Book Prize

Shortlisted  •  2017  •  Young Adult

CBCA Book of the Year Awards

Notable Book  •  2017  •  Older Readers

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