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Winner of the Michael L. Printz Award
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A 2005 Booklist Editor’s 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 (François 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.
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"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.... A gem of modern literature." --Guardian ★ "What sings and soars in this gorgeously told tale is Green's mastery of language and the sweet, rough edges of Pudge's voice." --Kirkus ★ "Alive with sweet, self-deprecating humor." --SLJ "Funny, sad, inspiring, and always compelling." --Bookpage "The spirit of Holden Caulfield lives on." --Kliatt "Stunning conclusion . . . one worthy of a book this good." --Philadelphia Inquirer
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Winner of the Michael L. Printz Award
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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
"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.... A gem of modern literature." --Guardian ★ "What sings and soars in this gorgeously told tale is Green's mastery of language and the sweet, rough edges of Pudge's voice." --Kirkus ★ "Alive with sweet, self-deprecating humor." --SLJ "Funny, sad, inspiring, and always compelling." --Bookpage "The spirit of Holden Caulfield lives on." --Kliatt "Stunning conclusion . . . one worthy of a book this good." --Philadelphia Inquirer
John Green attended a boarding school not unlike Alaska’s Culver Creek. After graduating from college in 2000, he worked as a chaplain at a children’s hospital. John’s experiences with patients and their families during intense crises solidified his desire to write for teens about the challenge of confronting loss. John works for Booklist and is also a commentator for National Public Radio’s national afternoon newsmagazine, "All Things Considered," and Chicago’s NPR affiliate, WBEZ. "Nick," about John’s experiences as a chaplain, appeared on "Driveway Moments" a "best-of" two-CD set, which NPR released in August 2004. John was recently featured in the Tribune’s RedEye edition and on television as one of Chicago’s "Fabulous 20somethings." He lives in New York City.
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