Rainbow Rowell's book is a love story told from the alternating perspectives of the main characters, Eleanor and Park. Eleanor has just moved back home with her mom and abusive stepfather after being kicked out of their home for almost a year when she meets Park on the bus on her first day of school. Although Eleanor is outcasted immediately for looking different, her and Park begin to develop a friendship. When it becomes clear that they have very strong feelings for one another, they have to figure out any way possible to spend time together, because Eleanor's stepfather is adamant that she can't have relationships with boys.
Eleanor and Park is the kind of book you finish and cannot wait to recommend. This book is so wonderful. The relationship between the main characters develops slowly and in such a sweet way and hearing the voices of the alternating narrators makes this book so effective. Highly recommended!!
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