Paper Aeroplanes by Dawn O'Porter

Paper Aeroplanes is a novel by Dawn O’Porter. It is a work of fiction set in the mid-1990s on Guernsey.

Synopsis

In the mid-1990s, fifteen-year-old Guernsey schoolgirls Renée and Flo form an unlikely friendship, despite being very different from one another. Flo is thoughtful, introspective and studious, while Renée is ambitious, extroverted and sexually curious.

United by loneliness and difficult family lives, their connection becomes intense, even as outside pressures and personal feelings complicate their bond. The story presents adolescence as a time when everything feels heightened, with betrayals that can seem world-ending.

Key details

• Fiction novel by Dawn O’Porter
• Set on Guernsey in the mid-1990s
• Centres on the friendship between two fifteen-year-old schoolgirls
• Contains graphic content and scenes of a sexual nature