Eleanor & Park, Rainbow Rowell 
Book
Romance
Young Adult
Book
Romance
Young Adult
Updated: 7 January 2026
No rape or sexual assault
Rape or sexual assault mentioned in passing (in discussion and/or implied)
Sexual harassment (e.g. verbal or non-consensual touching/grabbing)
Sexual relationship between adult and teenager
Child sexual abuse
Incest
Attempted rape
Rape strongly implied/details surrounding a rape discussed in detail (i.e. the events before/after)
Detailed/vivid description of rape

Description

Chapter 15: rhe main male protagonist directly uses the word "rape" to question if holding the main female protagonist's hand (without her consent to do so) was okay with her. The reader has full awareness that the feeling is mutual, but he still uses that word to describe it. SPOILERS: A main character finds unwanted sexual comments written on her school books; it turns out that this character’s stepdad was the one who wrote these comments. The stepdad threatens to sexually assault this character and she has to escape from the situation.

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