Eleanor & Park : A Novel (Hardcover)

from GirlsonFire

Best book of 2013; and might even usurp "Looking for Alaska" or "The Fault in Our Stars" for my favorite realistic romance! I love it even more because while it is solidly set in the 1980's, it isn't overwhelming. If you are a huge alt rock fan, this book is for you; I loved when Park talked abou...

from Whisper1

I'm struggling how to write this review. Highly recommended by Joe and Mark, I trust their judgment and felt drawn to read this story. Like others stellar young adult books I've recently read, this one was also chosen as a possible Newbery award recipient. It's a shame that Rainbow Rowell did not...

from beentsy

All the best and worst things I remember from the 80's. Mixed tapes, Prefab Sprout, boys wearing eye liner, drawing all over the covers of your textbooks, and first kisses. This was also much more emotional charged and painful than I expected. Overall, very good. I do love Rainbow Rowell's writ...

from rmboland

This book consumed me. I lived in every word, and felt every feeling. I was just about to write about how this book made me remember those beginning feelings of love, when I realized that the author claims that it would..right in the description. Rainbow Rowell, you poet you. From the very first ...

from Smiler69

When new girl Eleanor shows up on the school bus one day, things start out very badly for her when nobody wants to make room for her to sit, even though there are still plenty of empty seats left. She's very overweight, has long wild curly, very red hair and is dressed really strangely, and thoug...