#1 New York Times Best Seller!”Eleanor & Park reminded me not just what it’s like to be young and in love with a girl, but also what it’s like to be young and in love with a book.”-John Green, The New York Times Book ReviewBono met his wife in high school, Park says.So did Jerry Lee Lewis, Eleanor answers.I’m not kidding, he says.You should be, she says, we’re 16.What about Romeo and Juliet?… he says.
You should be, she says, we’re 16.
What about Romeo and Juliet?
Shallow, confused, then dead.
I love you, Park says.
Wherefore art thou, Eleanor answers.
I’m not kidding, he says.
You should be.
Set over the course of one school year in 1986, this is the story of two star-crossed misfits-smart enough to know that first love almost never lasts, but brave and desperate enough to try. When Eleanor meets Park, you’ll remember your own first love-and just how hard it pulled you under.
A New York Times Best Seller!
A 2014 Michael L. Printz Honor Book for Excellence in Young Adult Literature
Eleanor & Park is the winner of the 2013 Boston Globe Horn Book Award for Best Fiction Book.
A Publishers Weekly Best Children’s Book of 2013
A New York Times Book Review Notable Children’s Book of 2013
A Kirkus Reviews Best Teen Book of 2013
An NPR Best Book of 2013
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One of my favorites! That ending…..I still think about it.
I loved this book so much!!!! you should read it
It’s been a while since I read this book, but I know I loved it and it was very memorable! A great read!
So as I said I went on a little Rainbow Rowell binge, and I had this book on my Kindle for ages, but I usually read my Kindle books when I have no paperbacks left to read so I usually wait forever to read my Kindle books saying that I have over 400+ books. Anyway so I brought the paperback version of this.
I loved loved loved loved this book. I …
Pretty realistic, for a teen romance. I liked how aware the characters were of their love. The novel captured the flow of a teenager’s thoughts pretty well, and didn’t feel suffocatingly cheesy. If you want a dose of some cute love, read this. Don’t expect a perfect ending, though.
You’ll never get over this book once you’ve read it. It will stay with you forever and ever.
I loved Eleanor. I loved Park. His family? The eyeliner? Gah, the batteries for the walkman? I even think about this book when I use vanilla.
Five stars. Read it NOW.
I never knew that a scene of two people holding hands, could make me feel so much. This has to be one of the sweetest, loveliest, heartbreaking, hopeful stories I’ve read.
Heart-wrenching story of two teens and their dysfunctional families. They find each other, and slowly, hesitantly build a friendship. There is a twist at the end that was unexpected, but fully woven into the story.
I have read several of this author’s books, and have enjoyed each of them, but I enjoyed ELEANOR AND PARK the most.
Not only were the primary characters in this book wonderfully built and described but almost detail was given to each of the other characters. I HAD to know how each would develop and how the primaries and others would be woven into and out of each other’s lives. I really liked that the author wrote in alternative thoughts and actions of Eleanor …
I just finished Eleanor & park by @rainbowrowell and my chest is tight from all of the feels she left me with. The story was sweet and heartbreaking.
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That big reveal toward the end… (I’ll say no more)
Heart-warming
Finally! It’s been so long since I enjoyed a book as much as this one. No skipping or skimming, not a bit boring.
It would even make a really good movie.
But I prefer books anyway =) … Eleanor and Park are two of my favorite characters of all time now.
Their Story is sweet and exciting and leads you thru all those amazing and chaotic feelings …
Amazingly written and such a page turner! I loved everything about this book!!! A must read!
I loved how true to life Eleanor and Park are. All the characters speak like real people and react appropriately. Well done.
It kept me interested, but the ending was a little disappointing.
How can we read the book online?
I loved all the 80’s references and got really excited when they mentioned my favorite bands. The plot was a little slow and, after I thought about it, not that entertaining. The book really spotlighted the characters and I did appreciate that. It was refreshing to read the relationship blossom from both sides and how they both thought about it. …
Loved it
This book was excellent. The two main protagonists were quirky and interesting.