#1 New York Times Best Seller!Eleanor & Park reminded me not just what its like to be young and in love with a girl, but also what its like to be young and in love with a book. -John Green, the New York Times Book ReviewBono met his wife in high school, Park says. So did Jerry Lee Lewis, Eleanor answers. Im not kidding, he says. You should be, she says, were 16. What about Romeo and Juliet?Shallow, confused, then dead. I love you, Park says. Wherefore art thou, Eleanor answers. Im not kidding, he says. You should be. 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, youll remember your own first love-and just how hard it pulled you under. A New York Times Best Seller!A 2014 Michael L. Printz Honor Book for Excellence in Young Adult LiteratureEleanor & Park is the Winner of the 2013 Boston Globe Horn Book Award for Best Fiction Book. A Publishers Weekly Best Childrens Book of 2013A New York Times Book Review Notable Childrens Book of 2013A Kirkus Reviews Best Teen Book of 2013An NPR Best Book of 2013