Eleanor & Park
Eleanor & ParkRainbow Rowell
Characters in Eleanor & Park
6 characters, main characters first.Main characters
Park Sheridan
A half-Korean sixteen-year-old who keeps his head down until Eleanor sits beside him.
Eleanor Douglas
The new girl, sixteen, with red hair and a home ruled by an abusive stepfather.
Antagonists
Richie Trout
Eleanor's stepfather: an alcoholic who terrorises her mother and siblings and is the reason Eleanor has to leave home.
Supporting characters
Sabrina Douglas
Eleanor's mother, who married Richie and treads carefully around him to keep the household calm.
Mindy Sheridan
Park's Korean mother, who runs a hair salon out of the family's garage.
Jamie Sheridan
Park's father, a Korean War-era army veteran whose ideas of manhood Park cannot meet.