She's growing up in a house, filled with her five younger brothers and sisters, nonsupporting mother who is terrified of her angry second husband, Richie. nicknames: Big Red (she is overweight and even her stepdad calls her names for this fact) Ronald McDonald, Wendy due to her mass of curly red hair.Įleanor has a lot of challenges. Eleanor's clothes are oddball and she is continuously and mercilessly bullied by kids on the bus and at school.
When Eleanor starts reading his comic books over his shoulder so to speak, on the bus ride to school, Park notices and begins to share his world with her. The cute Asian guy is sixteen year old Park. The weird new girl gets on the bus and no one will allow her a seat until Park tells her to just ****** sit down. Set in a high school in Nebraska, Eleanor and Park, come from completely different home settings and situations. If you enjoyed The Fault in our Stars by John Green, you will want to read this book. Printz Honor Book for Excellence in Young Adult LiteratureĮleanor & Park is the winner of the 2013 Boston Globe Horn Book Award for Best Fiction Book.Ī Publishers Weekly Best Children's Book of 2013Ī New York Times Book Review Notable Children's Book of 2013 When Eleanor meets Park, you'll remember your own first love-and just how hard it pulled you under.Ī 2014 Michael L. 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 & 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 Reviewīono met his wife in high school, Park says.
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