"Absolutely captivating." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "A funny and tender coming-of-age story that's also the story of a writer finding her voice.touching and utterly real." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "The magic here is cast not with wands but with Rowell's incredible ability to build complex, vivid, troubling and triumphant relationships.Fans of Eleanor & Park and other bookish, nerdy types will thrill at finding such a fantastic and lasting depiction of one of their own." -- Booklist (starred review) "A charming coming-of-age novel.filled with complex subjects (such as divorce, abandonment, and mental illness) handled in a realistic manner, and the writing effortlessly and seamlessly weaves these threads together." -- School Library Journal (starred review) "Rowell manages to capture both the wildly popular universe of fanfic and the inside of an 18-year-old's head.

Consider me a fangirl of this charming coming-of-age tale." -- Entertainment Weekly " Eleanor & Park 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, The New York Times Book Review on Eleanor & Park "This sexy, smart, tender romance thrums with punk rock and true love. Teen readers--not to mention their Gen X parents--will swoon for Eleanor & Park." -- Gayle Forman, New York Times bestselling author of If I Stay and Where She Went on Eleanor & Park "A breathless, achingly good read about love and outsiders." -- Stephanie Perkins, author of Anna and the French Kiss and Lola and the Boy Next Door on Eleanor & Park "Sweet, gritty and affecting.an unforgettable story about two misfits in love" -- Courtney Summers, author of This is Not a Test and Cracked Up To Be on Eleanor & Park "Rowell shows us the beauty in the broken." -- Stewart Lewis, author of You Have Seven Messages on Eleanor & Park.