eleanor y park (edición limitada)

For all those who were fascinated by The Perks of Being a Wallflower.

A love story between two outsiders smart enough to know that first love is never forever, but brave enough to try.

—Bono met his wife in high school, Park said.
—Yeah, and so did Jerry Lee Lewis, Eleanor answered.
—I’m not kidding.
—Well, you should be. We’re 16, Eleanor said.
—What about Romeo and Juliet?
—Shallow, confused, and subsequently dead.
—I love you, and I’m not kidding, Park told her.
—Well, you should be.

Eleanor is new to high school; her family life is a disaster; with her intense red hair, her strange and mismatched way of dressing she couldn't attract more attention even if she tried.

Park is half-Korean; his family life is quiet; he's not exactly popular, but with his black t-shirts, his headphones, and his books he's managed to be invisible.

It all starts when Park agrees to let Eleanor sit next to him on the school bus on the first day of class. At first they don't even talk, but little by little they share their hobbies and begin a friendship... to end up falling in love the way you fall in love the first time, when you're young, and you feel like you have nothing and everything to lose.

Eleanor & Park was awarded the GoodReads Choice Award 2013 in the young adult literature category and the Boston Globe Horn Book 2013 for best fiction book.

Reviews:
«Tender, exciting, delicious, Eleanor & Park is a novel to savor and enjoy slowly. An unforgettable, beautiful story full of subtleties that shows how love is capable of anything, no matter how hostile the environment. Because every time Eleanor and Park's hands brush, with surprise and newly discovered sensuality, music plays.»
Amy Lab, author of Never Say Never and But By Your Side