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Synopsis
## Two misfits. One extraordinary love. ## ---------- ## Eleanor ## ...Red hair, wrong clothes. Standing behind him until he turns his head. Lying beside him until he wakes up. Making everyone else seem drabber and flatter and never good enough... Eleanor. ## Park ## ...He knows she'll love a song before he plays it for her. He laughs at her jokes before she ever gets to the punch line. There's a place on his chest, just below his throat, that makes her want to keep promises... Park. ---------- Set over the course of one school year, this is the story of two star-crossed sixteen-year-olds -- smart enough to know that first love almost never lasts, but brave and desperate enough to try.
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Is Eleanor & Park appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 13 and up.
Teens navigate first love against the backdrop of difficult home lives, including domestic violence and poverty. Contains some profanity and brief bullying scenes, but sex remains off-page.
What to know going in
This book has mild violence, mild sexual content, and moderate language. Content notes include domestic violence, abuse, and poverty (see the full list above).
Who'll love this
Two outsiders bond over music and comics during the school year, discovering love despite their very different worlds.