I instantly fell in love with both of them. Instantly I was launched into the world of Eleanor and Park, Eleanor not only new at school but new in her own house after her dictator of a step-father kicked her out for a year and Park with his disapproving father and punk mix tapes. This book took me right out of my reading slump as soon as I picked it up. Set over the course of one school year in 1986, Eleanor Park is funny, sad, shocking and true – an exquisite nostalgia trip for anyone who has never forgotten their first love. They fall in love the way you do the first time, when you're 16, and you have nothing and everything to lose. Slowly, steadily, through late-night conversations and an ever-growing stack of mix tapes, Eleanor and Park fall in love. Quiet, careful and – in Eleanor's eyes – impossibly cool, Park's worked out that flying under the radar is the best way to get by. Then she takes the seat on the bus next to Park. All mismatched clothes, mad red hair and chaotic home life, she couldn't stick out more if she tried. Eleanor is the new girl in town, and she's never felt more alone. However Eleanor and Park was one of those books. Very rarely do I read a book that makes me so incredibly happy and warm inside, even if the content really isn't that happiness-inducing. Rainbow Rowell, Eleanor & Park (Ira Children's Book Awards.
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