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Because You'll Never Meet Me
- Author
- Leah Thomas
- Narrator
- Gil Sidaway, Gregg Lowe
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Publish Date
- 16 June 2026
- Run Time
- 9 hours 10 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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What to expect
Ollie and Moritz are two teenagers who will never meet. Each of them lives with a life-affecting illness. Contact with electricity sends Ollie into debilitating seizures, while Moritz has a heart defect and is kept alive by an electronic pacemaker. If they did meet, Ollie would seize, but turning off the pacemaker would kill Moritz.
Through an exchange of letters, the two boys develop a strong bond of friendship which becomes a lifeline during dark times – until Moritz reveals that he holds the key to their shared, sinister past, and has been keeping it from Ollie all along.
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In this highly original debut novel… Thomas explores ambitious themes of what it means to be human and to live life to the full, no matter what barriers are in the way
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Details
- Author
- Leah Thomas
- Narrator
- Gil Sidaway, Gregg Lowe
- Duration
- 9 hours 10 minutes
- Release Date
- 16 June 2026
- ISBN
- 9781037202117
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Dating, relationships, romance and love
Synopsis
Bloomsbury presents Because You'll Never Meet Me by Leah Thomas, read by Gil Sidaway and Gregg LoweOllie and Moritz are two teenagers who will never meet. Each of them lives with a life-affecting illness. Contact with electricity sends Ollie into debilitating seizures, while Moritz has a heart defect and is kept alive by an electronic pacemaker. If they did meet, Ollie would seize, but turning off the pacemaker would kill Moritz.Through an exchange of letters, the two boys develop a strong bond of friendship which becomes a lifeline during dark times – until Moritz reveals that he holds the key to their shared, sinister past, and has been keeping it from Ollie all along.
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