Eleanor & Park
โ Scribed by Rowell, Rainbow
- Publisher
- Orion
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 141 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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โฆ Synopsis
Eleanor & Park reminded me not just what its like to be young and in love with a girl, but also what its 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.
Im not kidding, he says.
You should be, she says,were 16.
What about Romeo and Juliet?
Shallow, confused, then dead.
I love you,Park says.
*Wherefore art thou,*Eleanor answers.
*Im 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 misfitssmart enough to know that first love almost never lasts, but brave and desperate enough to try. When Eleanor meets Park, youll remember your own first loveand just how hard it pulled you under.
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
A 2014 Michael L. Printz Honor Book
Winner of the 2013 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Fiction
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"_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. __
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.
Eleanor is the new girl in town, and she's never felt more alone. All mismatched clothes, mad red hair and chaotic home life, she couldn't stick out more if she tried. Then she takes the seat on the bus next to Park. Quiet, careful and, in Eleanor's eyes, impossibly cool, Park's worked out that flyi