I've waited a long time to be a superhero. Too long. But finally, my day has come!
Meet Erin: the paper delivery girl with a strong throw, a sharp mind, and a smart mouth!
Okay, this character happens to share my name, and my newspaper delivery past-time, but she is actually one of the young heroines of the Paper Girls graphic novel series.
This book suggestion came up again and again as I was researching some books with Stranger Things-esque plots and ideas for a display at work:
This is the display I did for the library-
notice that all the books are Upside Down!
The Paper Girls story takes place in the 1980's, and it features four friends who stick together despite the supernatural events that begin to overtake their town.. . And the story begins the morning right after Halloween. . .
Sound familiar?
There's a time-travel scenario, which is foreshadowed by Erin dreaming about an apple. . .
Readers might not understand the significance right away, but they will when they reach this panel:
Just as Stranger Things pays homage to the 80's with allusions to Ghostbusters, ET, Stand by Me and more, Paper Girls also has some recognizable references to the time period, like a kid dressed as Freddy Krueger for Halloween, and a dream meeting with Christa McAuliffe (the New Hampshire teacher who was selected by NASA, and was killed in the Challenger space shuttle disaster):
And I totally had my own banana-yellow Walkman:
Paper Girls is the feminist comic series for fans of Stranger Things!
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