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Looking for Alaska
by John Green

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Publisher Comments:

Winner of the Michael L. Printz Award

An ALA Best Book for Young Adults

An ALA Quick Pick

A Los Angeles Times 2005 Book Prize Finalist

A New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age

A 2005 Booklist Editors Choice

A 2005 School Library Journal Best Book of the Year

Before. Miles Pudge Halter is done with his safe life at home. His whole life has been one big non-event, and his obsession with famous last words has only made him crave the Great Perhaps even more (Franois Rabelais, poet). He heads off to the sometimes crazy and anything-but-boring world of Culver Creek Boarding School, and his life becomes the opposite of safe. Because down the hall is Alaska Young. The gorgeous, clever, funny, sexy, self-destructive, screwed up, and utterly fascinating Alaska Young. She is an event unto herself. She pulls Pudge into her world, launches him into the Great Perhaps, and steals his heart. Then. . . . After. Nothing is ever the same.

Synopsis:

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. When tragedy strikes, Pudge discovers the value of unconditional love. Speak
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toojoyous, April 17, 2007 (view all comments by toojoyous)
Great read, can relate to text very much.
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live_and_love91, April 5, 2007 (view all comments by live_and_love91)
This is my all-time favorite book. It is SO good! You can really relate to Pudge and the way he feels, its a real tear-jerker too.
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tnydncrgurl, March 21, 2007 (view all comments by tnydncrgurl)
I would have to say that this is one of the most perfect books I have ever read. The characters are so very real that you can't help but laugh and cry at and with them. I would recommend it to anyone-adult or otherwise
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780142402511
Author:
Green, John
Publisher:
Speak
Author:
Green, John
Subject:
Social Situations - Friendship
Subject:
Social Situations - Adolescence
Subject:
Schools
Subject:
School & Education
Subject:
Death
Subject:
Children s All Ages - Fiction - General
Subject:
Social Issues - Adolescence
Subject:
Social Issues - General
Subject:
Social Issues - Friendship
Publication Date:
January 2007
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Pages:
221
Dimensions:
8.20x5.62x.73 in. .57 lbs.
Age Level:
13-17
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