Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell

In this contemporary realistic romantic novel, Eleanor is a young high school student who comes from a severely broken home. Her step-father being the root cause of her strife and troubles, the bullying at school, she attempts to ignore it and just be a sort of misfit among st the outside world. So, Eleanor is a out of place redhead, who wears men's clothes that don't fit her. Very different from the other kids her age. Her boyfriend, Park, is the complete opposite, being half Asian, quiet, but gets along very well with the popular kids. They meet on the bus on the way to school and in some of the same classes. From there, they begin to realize that they had things in common, like comics and music. I loved the growth of Eleanor's character. They way she matured, and it was only through Park that it could've been possible. Waiting for the sequel.