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Thanks to the Bath Spa gang, who I promise to see more of, and to all my brilliant friends who are always there for me, whether it’s on a six-hour drive to a random tiny village, or in the front row of the world’s most baffling rock musical.
Thank you to Hannah Love for a ridiculous number of things, and to my cousins, Talia and Katy W, for knowing I needed you before I did. I wish we were in a less rubbish club, but at least the company is good.
Thank you to my cousin Rachael, an exceptionally good human, for all the phone check-ins and the war horse.
Thank you to Keely, Mici, Carlee and New York for making me smile when I really needed to.
I’d also like to thank David Bowie, Prince, Brian Harvey and Matt Damon, who have all contributed indirectly to this book by way of inspiration, and any readers who’ve spotted exactly where and how (we can be friends).
And Robbie Savage, That Peter Crouch Podcast, Mollie and Rosie Kmita, Fighting Talk, Chris Sutton and Alistair Bruce-Ball for making me laugh about football.
And of course thanks to my dad, who I’ll trick into reading one of my books one day, and to my mum, accidental composer of all my best comedy lines, who I miss every moment, and who I’ll always write all of them for.
NEED SOME SUPPORT?
If you have some questions, or just want to learn more about issues related to being LGBTQ+, you might like to get in touch with one of the support organisations below.
The Proud Trust
www.theproudtrust.org
Young Stonewall
www.youngstonewall.org.uk
Visit their website to find out about their Rainbow Laces campaign – Making Sport Everyone’s Game
FFLAG
Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays
www.fflag.org.uk
Praise for Boy meets Hamster
‘A sweet, funny, moving and joyous delight of a novel, full of love and hope, with a great big (giant hamster-sized) heart at its centre.’ Simon James Green
‘A warm, open and generous book with enormous heart . . . genuinly laugh-out-load funny.’ Maggie Harcourt
‘Terrifically comic and diverse . . . A book I wish I could give to teenage me!’ Olly Pike
‘I loved Boy Meets Hamster, a fresh, modern LGBTQ+YA novel about a tale as old as time – that first gay crush!’ The Guyliner
First published 2019 by Macmillan Children’s Books
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