She often comes off as closed-off, snarky, and insecure, although readers get a better glimpse into her mind when the perspective switches from Park’s to hers. Eleanor is described as an overweight redhead who comes from a poor, abusive household. He enjoys spending his time listening to music and reading comic books, and is also deeply insecure about his Korean identity. Park Sheridan is a half-Korean, half-white high school student from an upper-middle class family. The young love story takes place in the late 1980s, in Omaha, Nebraska. If it’s such a great romance novel that features the rare Asian-American protagonist, why didn’t I love it? Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature. Upon being published in 2012, the young adult novel by Rainbow Rowell received favorable reviews it made NPR’s list of Best Books of 2013, won the 2013 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Fiction, and in 2014 was awarded the Michael L. I initially began reading Eleanor & Park because it features an Asian-American protagonist who doubles as the main love interest - a rare occurrence in popular contemporary American literature.
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