Eleanor & Park

Name: Eleanor & Park
ISBN: 9781250012579

A Novel

Rainbow Rowell

Coming of Age Contemporary YA Romance YA Stories About Parents Young Adult

Romance Contemporary Realistic Fiction Book Club

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Who it’s for: Readers drawn to emotionally intense stories of first love
Themes: First love, Teen romance

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#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 Review

Bono 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?
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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Publisher categories

Contemporary YA Romance
Dating & Sex for Teens

Authors: Rainbow Rowell
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: February 26, 2013
Format: Print & ebook
Reading lane: Contemporary YA Romance