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Eleanor & Park (Hardcover) by Rainbow Rowell

Eleanor & Park (Hardcover) by Rainbow Rowell
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br> Set over the course of one school year in 1986, this stunning debut tells thestory of two star-crossed misfits falling in love for the first time. 5 1/2 x8 1/4. <p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br> <p><b>#1 <i>New York Times </i>Best Seller!</b> <p/><i>Eleanor & Park</i> 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, <i>The New York Times Book Review</i> <p/><i>Bono met his wife in high school</i>, Park says.<br><i>So did Jerry Lee Lewis</i>, Eleanor answers.<br><i>I'm not kidding</i>, he says.<br><i>You should be</i>, she says, <i>we're 16</i>.<br><i>What about Romeo and Juliet?<br>Shallow, confused, then dead.</i><br><i>I love you</i>, Park says.<br><i>Wherefore art thou, </i>Eleanor answers.<br><i>I'm not kidding, </i> he says.<br><i>You should be.</i> <p/>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. <p/>A <i>New York Times</i> Best Seller!<br>A 2014 Michael L. Printz Honor Book for Excellence in Young Adult Literature<br><i>Eleanor & Park</i> is the winner of the 2013 <i>Boston Globe</i> Horn Book Award for Best Fiction Book. <br>A <i>Publishers Weekly</i> Best Children's Book of 2013 <br>A <i>New York Times Book Review </i>Notable Children's Book of 2013<br>A <i>Kirkus Reviews </i>Best Teen Book of 2013<br>An NPR Best Book of 2013</p> <p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br> <p>"Funny, hopeful, foulmouthed, sexy, and tear-jerking, this winning romance will captivate teen and adult readers alike." --<i>Kirkus Reviews (starred review)</i> <p/>"Rowell keeps things surprising, and the solution maintains the novel's delicate balance of light and dark." --<i>Publishers Weekly (starred review)</i> <p/>"The pure, fear-laced, yet steadily maturing relationship Eleanor and Park develop is urgent and breathtaking and, of course, heartbreaking, too." --<i>Booklist (starred review)</i> <p/>"An honest, heart-wrenching portrayal of imperfect but unforgettable love." --<i>The Horn Book (winner of The Horn Book Award for fiction)</i> <p/>Rowell's humor, tenderness, and sense of detail are extraordinary. --Curtis Sittenfeld for <i>The New Yorker</i> <p/>"<i>Eleanor & Park</i> 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 <p/>"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 <p/>"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 <p/>"<i>Eleanor & Park</i> 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." --<i>John Green, The New York Times Book Review</i> <p/>"Rowell's writing swings from profane to profound, but it's always real and always raw." --<i>Petra Mayer for NPR Books</i></p> <p/><br></br><p><b> About The Author </b></p></br></br> RAINBOW ROWELL lives in Omaha, Nebraska, with her husband and two sons. She's also the author of <i>Landline</i>, <i>Fangirl</i> and <i>Attachments</i>.

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