An author who remembers what it was to be a teenager - that's who Rainbow Rowell is. Eleanor and Park is a smart, witty and a high quality YA romance novel that never for a single time demeans or makes mockery of the upheavel of emotions that is so much a part of one's teenage years. 
 It reminds you what your young days were, makes you nostalgic about your first love, English classes, discovery of new bands and genres of music and struggle to be in a liminal stage of childhood and adulthood. It smartly also makes a commentary on what it is to be a part of a family through the contrasting lives of Park's and Eleanor's parents. 
 Strongly recommended!