Paper airplanes

<div>Ren&eacute;e and Flo are the most unlikely of friends.

Introspective and studious Flo and outspoken, wild, and sexually curious Ren&eacute;e have barely spoken in their years of going to school together in Guernsey, a small British island off the coast of France. And yet, when tragedy strikes, it is only wild child Ren&eacute;e, who lost her mother at a young age, who is able to comfort a grieving Flo.

The girls form an intense bond that sees them through a host of deeply relatable, wince-inducing experiences&mdash;drunken snogging; a s&eacute;ance in which clueless friends offer to summon Ren&eacute;e&rsquo;s mother; dating a guy for free fish and chips.

But toxic mean girls and personal betrayals threaten to tear the girls&rsquo; delicate new friendship apart.<BR> In this gripping debut, Dawn O&rsquo;Porter shines an unflinchingly honest, humorous light on female friendship, lost innocence, and that moment when you are teetering on the threshold of adult life.<BR><BR><U>Praise for <I>Paper Airplanes</I></U><BR> &quot;Dawn O&#39;Porter was a teenager in her past life.

Well, duh! How else could she have gotten this bitch-perfect, debut novel so right!

Paper Aeroplanes is spot on! This teen friendship, is<BR> brutal and beautiful, flawed and forgiving.

The angst and anguish of adolescence are made safer by her talented hand.

Wish she had written this when I was 15!&quot;<BR> --Jamie Lee Curtis<BR><BR> &quot;Poignant and edgy, this exploration of lively female friendships rises high.&quot;<BR> --<I>Kirkus Reviews</I><BR> &#160;</div>