Friday, January 17, 2014

Eleanor & Park


Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell 328 pages

A story about 2 people who don’t really fit in, finding each other and then trying to stay together.  Eleanor is new to the school and has to take the only empty bus seat, next to Park.  Every day they ride next to each other, never speaking until one day Park notices Eleanor reading the comic book over his shoulder. 

It is very easy to become enamored with both characters and hope that, in the end, they will live happily ever after.  Although it’s a young adult novel, adult readers will find the story familiar and engrossing.  It is like every John Hughes movie from the 80's rolled into one novel.

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