<p><b>#1 <i>New York Times</i> Best Seller!</b></p><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><br><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?</i><br><i>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><br>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><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>