Looking for Alaska Unrequited love. Pranks. Rule-breaking. Illicit behavior. Based on this, Looking for Alaska sounds like a pretty great young adult book, right? But if all of this fancy pants award winning doesn't pique your interest, then perhaps this will: Looking for Alaska is about a teen named Miles who desperately wants adventure. Miles finds adventure, uncertainty, and excitement in spades at Culver Creek, the boarding school he transfers to for his junior year of high school. Spoiler alert. No really—this is a pretty major reveal. Okay, you ready? Drag out your tissue box, because you're going to laugh until you cry and also just plain old cry. In Looking for Alaska, John Green shows us that in spite of the death of a friend and the agonies of grief and adolescence, the suffering of life and the hope that springs from it is worth the trouble. A lot of adults belittle the intense feelings and the experiences of teenagers. Gosh, this sounds kind of boring, you might be thinking.
John Green — Author of The Fault in Our Stars, Looking for Alaska, Paper Towns, and An Abundance of Katherines Looking for Alaska Miles Halter is fascinated by famous last words–and tired of his safe life at home. He leaves for boarding school to seek what the dying poet Francois Rabelais called the “Great Perhaps.” Much awaits Miles at Culver Creek, including Alaska Young. Green was awarded the 2006 Michael L. You can buy Looking for Alaska from your favorite retailer via the Penguin portal: If you’ve read the book and are completely prepared for spoilers, visit the Looking for Alaska Questions page for much, much more information on the book. Awards Winner, 2006 Michael L. Reviews (SPOILER ALERT!) “Green…has a writer’s voice, so self-assured and honest that one is startled to learn that this novel is his first. “Like Phineas in John Knowles’ “A Separate Peace,” Green draws Alaska so lovingly, in self-loathing darkness as well as energetic light, that readers mourn her loss along with her friends.” “The spirit of Holden Caulfield lives on.”