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Heartstopper · Season 2, Episode 1, "Out"

Isaac flips through: Ace of Spades

Isaac Henderson (Tobie Donovan)

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Late in episode one Isaac is flipping through a YA thriller about two Black students at an elite private school who get targeted by an anonymous texter. Truham has its own anonymous-gossip problem. Isaac reads about it for fun.

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Ace of Spades

Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé · 2021 · YA novel

Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé's 2021 debut, pitched as Gossip Girl meets Get Out. The school in the book is called Niveus, Latin for snow-white, and that's the whole thesis.

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