Monday, April 21, 2014

Eleanor & Park/Rainbow Rowell/328 pgs.

This is one of the best YA "romances" I've read. Eleanor is the new kid at school--and quite the misfit. Park is the boy who feels sorry for Eleanor and scoots over so she can sit next to him on the bus. And so the relationship begins. The year is 1986. They are both 16 years old and going through the normal angst of the teen age years. In Eleanor's case, she has the added disadvantage of a stepfather who is both verbally and physically abusive. Park feels that he will never meet his father's expectations.The story is told from alternating perspectives between Eleanor and Park. There is some foreshadowing early on in the novel, leaving the reader to wonder what kind of outcome will occur by the end of the book. Highly recommended!

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