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"Author Rainbow Rowell touchingly explores the overwhelming nature of first love -- the kind of love that feels as if it can last a lifetime, that can help heal wounds and open doors. Eleanor and Park are both misfits in their Omaha high school, but they see the best and the beautiful in each other. Their passionate conversations and debates -- about everything from the role of women in comic books (Eleanor says they're too passive, Park disagrees) to the opening measures of  \"Love Will Tear Us Apart\" or the short-sightedness of Romeo and Juliet -- lays the foundation for a believable and poignant love story.\nThis is a fabulous book for mothers (especially those who grew up in the '80s!) to read along with their teen daughters. Not only will it spur substantive discussions, but it also will allow mothers to share their own perspectives on what and who they loved in high school. With witty dialogue and pitch-perfect descriptions of teen life in the mid-'80s, this is a story that will make your heart ache and then make it sing. If only every girl could meet a boy like Park, who, as Eleanor says, is not a boyfriend but a \"champion.\" Forget the dazzling vampires who don't exist, girls, and find yourself the awesome boy on the bus -- the one who sees you not for how you dress but who you are."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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