From what I have read so far, the book Eleanor & Park is an innocent young love story. While reading this story, it makes you feel young and help you remember to be thankful and appreciative of the simple things in life. The characters in the book appreciate the little things about each other which makes them fall in love. I have never been the type of person to enjoy reading and have always hated being assigned books to read in class. When I first read the email saying we were going to have to read all of these books I kind of had this “Oh no” thought. As I started reading, it came to my surprise that I was getting more and more interested in the book. I found that I wasn’t dreading to continue reading and that I was able to follow the story very well and even relate to it in some ways. I really enjoyed how the book goes back and forth between Eleanor’s point of view and Park’s point of view, at first it was a little confusing but as I went on I found it helpful. The story explains the middle school bus setting so perfectly and its nice how the story brings together two completely different types of kids. It really touched my heart that this poor girl Eleanor goes through such a rough start as the new girl in school and has to live with such a rough at home life, she finds her only happiness and escape path through Park. Just thinking about seeing Park made Eleanor so happy and that’s what I find to be so cute. You can tell how much each young lover cares about the other one even with so few words being spoken. I think in the world today people need to start to look at the little things in life more and begin to appreciate people for the things that matter such as a good personality rather than material goods.

http://www.rainbowrowell.com/eleanor-park/

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/10/books/review/eleanor-park-by-rainbow-rowell.html