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Eleanor & Park

Young Adult Fiction 1263

Book Review: Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell

April 05, 2013

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If John Hughes and John Green had a baby, it would be Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell, a beautifully written story about two misfit teens finding love in the 1980s.

This magnificent book will fit neatly on bookshelves alongside old and new classics like The Perks of Being a Wallflower, The Catcher in the Rye, and Looking for Alaska.

Good Points

Told separately, Eleanor & Park simply features two interesting teenagers navigating through their own personal difficulties: living up to parental expectations, race and sexuality, abusive home life, bullying, friendships. But combined as Rowell has done — with their stories interwoven and combined in an unlikely but explosive romance — Eleanor & Park becomes something more. Something truly special.

Rowell elegantly captures everything awkward and uncomfortable about being a teenager, especially a teenager in love. But she also captures all the magic and wonder of that love. Eleanor & Park will remind you about everything you loved (and loathed) about your own teen romance.

Noelle Top 1000 Reviewer

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