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Spring '13 Kids List
“Eleanor doesn't have much going for her. Life with her mom and stepdad is minute-to-minute scary and the kids at her new school have singled her out for torment. Somehow into this reality comes Park, who is just trying to keep his head down and not make waves at home or school. These two misfits fall in love to a 1980s soundtrack. With humor and unflinching candor, Rowell propels readers through a story of first love and the courage it takes to keep going when all the odds are against you.”
— Julie Wilson, The Bookworm, Omaha, NE
Description
Rainbow Rowell's timeless #1 New York Times Bestseller, now in paperback for the very first time.
Bono met his wife in high school, Park says.
So did Jerry Lee Lewis, Eleanor answers.
I'm not kidding, he says.
You should be, she says, we're 16.
What about Romeo and Juliet?
Shallow, confused, then dead.
I love you, Park says.
Wherefore art thou, Eleanor answers.
I'm 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
misfits-smart enough to know that first love almost never lasts, but brave and desperate
enough to try. When Eleanor meets Park, you'll remember your own first love—and just
how hard it pulled you under.
About the Author
Rainbow Rowell is the award-winning #1 New York Times bestselling author of Eleanor & Park and the Simon Snow Trilogy, plus several other novels, short stories, and comics. She lives in Omaha, Nebraska, just like most of her characters.
Praise For…
A #1 New York Times Best Seller!
A Michael L. Printz Honor Book
A New York Times Notable Book
Winner of the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Fiction
Winner of the Goodreads Choice Award for Best Young Adult Book
Winner of the Indies Choice, Young Adult Book of the Year
Amazon's Best Teen and Young Adult Book of the Year
A Publishers Weekly Best Children's Book of the Year
A Kirkus Reviews Best Teen Book of the Year
An NPR Best Book of the Year
“Funny, hopeful, foulmouthed, sexy, and tear-jerking, this winning romance will captivate teen and adult readers alike.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
“Rowell keeps things surprising, and the solution maintains the novel's delicate balance of light and dark.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“The pure, fear-laced, yet steadily maturing relationship Eleanor and Park develop is urgent and breathtaking and, of course, heartbreaking, too.” —Booklist (starred review)
“An honest, heart-wrenching portrayal of imperfect but unforgettable love.” —The Horn Book (winner of The Horn Book Award for fiction)
"Rowell’s humor, tenderness, and sense of detail are extraordinary." —Curtis Sittenfeld for The New Yorker
“Eleanor & Park is a breathless, achingly good read about love and outsiders.” —Stephanie Perkins, New York Times bestselling author of Anna and the French Kiss and Lola and the Boy Next Door
“Sweet, gritty, and affecting . . . Rainbow Rowell has written an unforgettable story about two misfits in love. This debut will find its way into your heart and stay there.” —Courtney Summers, author of This Is Not a Test and Cracked Up to Be
“In her rare and surprising exploration of young misfit love, Rowell shows us the beauty in the broken.” —Stewart Lewis, author of You Have Seven Messages
“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
“Rowell's writing swings from profane to profound, but it's always real and always raw.” —Petra Mayer for NPR Books