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Paper Girls, Vol. 2
128 pages
A neon-soaked, time-bending collision between the fierce certainty of youth and the messy reality of adulthood.
What it feels like
Reading this volume feels like riding a BMX bike down a steep hill with no brakes, straight into the jarring reality of your own future. It is a propulsive, neon-drenched trip that trades the nostalgic comfort of the 1980s for the cold, confusing light of the twenty-first century. The narrative crackles with urgent, authentic teenage snark, but beneath the sci-fi chaos and giant water bears lies a deeply poignant exploration of growing up. You sit inside a bittersweet atmosphere where twelve-year-old idealism violently collides with forty-year-old disillusionment. It delights readers who crave fierce, messy female friendships and fast-paced adventures that manage to break your heart just a little bit while keeping your pulse racing.
- Mood
- neon-drenched
- chaotic
- bittersweet
- tense
- Tone
- irreverent
- urgent
- poignant
- snarky
- Pace
- propulsive
- Themes
- loss of innocence · confronting the future · illusion of adulthood · fierce female friendship · existential dread
- The writing
- The dialogue is sharp, profane, and authentically adolescent, perfectly anchoring the wildly imaginative visual storytelling.
- The arc
- The journey shifts from disorienting, high-stakes panic to a surprisingly tender, bittersweet acceptance of how time changes us.
- Who it's for
- Readers who love 80s nostalgia with a sharp, unsentimental edge and stories centered on fierce, fiercely loyal teenage girls.
Content notes
- profanity
- underage smoking
- violence
- existential dread
About the book
After surviving the strangest night of their lives in the Cleveland suburb of Stony Stream, intrepid young newspaper deliverers Erin, Mac, and Tiffany find themselves launched from 1988 to a distant and terrifying future... the year 2016.
What would you do if you were suddenly confronted by your 12-year-old self? 40-year-old newspaper reporter Erin Tieng is about to find out in this action-packed story about identity, mortality, and growing older in the 21st century.
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