I am not generally a big YA lit fan but I had read about how the author of this novel was uninvited to speak at a library because parents complained about this book, so I just had to see what all the fuss was about. 
 It is YA and I kept that in mind, but I think it works for teens and adults alike. 
 This is a gorgeously written, raw, painfully beautiful book. It allows you to remember, to feel, your first crush and your first love. It is pure and sweet and the world wants to mess it up. The emotion just leaps from the pages. Set against a backdrop of bullying and abuse this is a perfect love story. 
 "He was still holding the end of her scarf, rubbing the silk idly between his thumb and fingers. She watched his hand. 
 If he were to look up at her now, he'd know exactly how stupid she was. She could feel her face go soft and gummy. If Park were to look up at her now, he'd know everything. 
 He didn't look up. He wound the scarf around his fingers until her hand was hanging in the space between them. 
 Then he slid the silk and his fingers into her open palm. 
 And Eleanor disintegrated."