![]() A Publishers Weekly Best Children's Book of 2013 A New York Times Book Review Notable Children's Book of 2013 A Kirkus Reviews Best Teen Book of 2013 An NPR Best Book of 2013 Read more Print length 336 pages Language English Publisher St. Agent: Christopher Schelling, Selectric Artists. Eleanor & Park is the winner of the 2013 Boston Globe Horn Book Award for Best Fiction Book. When the situation turns dangerous, Rowell keeps things surprising, and the solution-imperfect but believable-maintains the novel’s delicate balance of light and dark. Their love is believable and thrilling, but it isn’t simple: Eleanor’s family is broke, and her stepfather abuses her mother. Eleanor is the new girl in town, and with her chaotic family life, her mismatched clothes and unruly red hair, she couldnt stick out more if she tried. Adult author Rowell (Attachments), making her YA debut, has a gift for showing what Eleanor and Park, who tell the story in alternating segments, like and admire about each other. And slowly, tantalizingly, something more. When he realizes she’s reading his comics over his shoulder, a silent friendship is born. ![]() Too nice not to let her sit next to him, Park is alternately resentful and guilty for not being kinder to her. Tall, with bright red hair and a dress code all her own, she’s an instant target. Half-Korean sophomore Park Sheridan is getting through high school by lying low, listening to the Smiths (it’s 1986), reading Alan Moore’s Watchmen comics, never raising his hand in class, and avoiding the kids he grew up with. ![]()
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