<Tr> <Th> Pages </Th> <Td> 333 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> ISBN </Th> <Td> 1250012570 </Td> </Tr> <P> Eleanor & Park is the first young adult novel written by Rainbow Rowell, published in 2013 . The story follows dual narratives by Eleanor and Park, two misfits living in Omaha, Nebraska from 1986 to 1987 . Eleanor, a chubby, 16 - year - old girl with curly red hair, and Park, a half - Korean, 16 - year - old boy, meet on a school bus on Eleanor's first day at the school and gradually connect through comic books and mix tapes of' 80s music, sparking a love story . </P> <P> Eleanor Douglas is beginning 10th grade . She is the oldest in a family of two girls and three boys . All the children live with their mother and stepfather, Richie, in a tiny two - bedroom house . The children share one bedroom . There is one bathroom, and Richie has removed the door and will not allow a curtain for privacy . Richie is physically and emotionally abusive to the mother and often drunk . The children live in terror of him . Eleanor does not own a toothbrush or properly fitting clothes . She patches her clothes in bright colors, wears ribbons in her hair, and creates strange clothing combinations, over which her fellow students bully her . Eleanor has just returned after sleeping on the couch of a family friend since Richie threw her out a year earlier . </P>

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