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Prompt 25: A book you were supposed to read in school but didn't
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Love in high school is more difficult than love in the time of Romeo and Juliet. While warring families may not actually kill you, the teasing and humiliation that teenagers can inflict would make you wish you died. Thus, the story of Eleanor and Park is one of an awkward and sweet love that provides wisdom beyond their years. Eleanor is a transfer student who recently moved to Omaha with her dysfunctional family. Park’s family has been in the area for some time, but with no other Korean or eve
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Apr 19, 2014
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romance,
realistic-fiction
Eleanor and Park both feel like they don't fit in, but as they gradually discover each other, they find that they fit together.
Eleanor is all wrong. Her red hair is too much, she's overweight, and her oversized, mismatched clothes don't do anything for her appearance. She's also the new girl at school and a target for bullies from her first day.
Park is part Korean and worries that his white dad thinks he's too Asian and too effeminate (unlike his brother, who looks more like their dad).
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Eleanor is all wrong. Her red hair is too much, she's overweight, and her oversized, mismatched clothes don't do anything for her appearance. She's also the new girl at school and a target for bullies from her first day.
Park is part Korean and worries that his white dad thinks he's too Asian and too effeminate (unlike his brother, who looks more like their dad).
At first ...more
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Loved this book.
#csreadathon
I'm sort of hoping this intentionally left room for a sequel. I really liked the writing and the characters, and their interactions.i was into the story. But the ending felt abrupt and unfinished.
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INCREDIBLE.
