' Looking For Alaska is a showcase to the raw talent John Green has, the kind of talent that can make you close the crisp last page of a novel and come out as a different person. TIME magazine's 100 Best Young Adult Novels of All TimeĪ PBS Great American Read Selection An ALA Best Book for Young Adults, Top 10 - An ALA Quick Pick - A Booklist Editors' Choice selection - A Kirkus Best Book of the Year - An SLJ Best Book of the Year - A Chicago Public Library Best of the Best - A New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age 'What sets this novel apart is the brilliant, insightful, suffering but enduring voice of Miles Halter.' - Chicago Tribune Newly updated edition includes a brand-new Readers' Guide featuring a Q&A with author John GreenĪ New York Times Bestseller - A USA Today Bestseller A modern classic, this stunning debut marked #1 bestselling author John Green's arrival as a groundbreaking new voice in contemporary fiction. Looking for Alaska brilliantly chronicles the indelible impact one life can have on another. He leaves for boarding school to seek what the dying poet François Rabelais called the 'Great Perhaps.' Much awaits Miles at Culver Creek, including Alaska Young, who will pull Miles into her labyrinth and catapult him into the Great Perhaps. Miles Halter is fascinated by famous last words-and tired of his safe life at home. Printz Award - A Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist - A New York Times Bestseller - A USA Today Bestseller - NPR's Top Ten Best-Ever Teen Novels - TIME magazine's 100 Best Young Adult Novels of All Time - A PBS Great American Read Selection - Millions of copies sold! First drink. Speakīook Synopsis The award-winning, genre-defining debut from John Green, the #1 bestselling author of The Anthropocene Reviewed and The Fault in Our Stars

When tragedy strikes, Pudge discovers the value of unconditional love. About the Book Miles 'Pudge' Halter befriends some fellow boarding-school students and falls in love with Alaska Young, the razor-sharp, self-destructive nucleus of the group.

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