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Paperback | Pages: 221 pages Rating: 4.04 | 1048039 Users | 54388 Reviews
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| Title | : | Looking for Alaska |
| Author | : | John Green |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 221 pages |
| Published | : | December 28th 2006 by Speak (first published March 3rd 2005) |
| Categories | : | Science Fiction. Fiction. Fantasy |
Narration To Books Looking for Alaska
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 (Francois 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.
Identify Books Toward Looking for Alaska
| Original Title: | Looking for Alaska |
| ISBN: | 0142402516 (ISBN13: 9780142402511) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Miles Halter, Alaska Young, Chip Martin, Takumi Hikohito, Lara Buterskaya |
| Setting: | Alabama(United States) |
| Literary Awards: | Los Angeles Times Book Prize Nominee for Young Adult Fiction (2005), Michael L. Printz Award (2006), Rhode Island Teen Book Award Nominee (2007), Michigan Library Association Thumbs Up! Award Nominee (2006), Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis Nominee for Jugendbuch (2008) The Inky Awards for Silver Inky (2007), Lincoln Award Nominee (2009), Bronzener Lufti (2007), Green Mountain Book Award (2008), The Inky Awards Shortlist for Silver Inky (2007), Alabama Author Award for Young Adult (2006), Premio El Templo de las Mil Puertas Nominee for Mejor novela extranjera independiente (2014) |
Rating Containing Books Looking for Alaska
Ratings: 4.04 From 1048039 Users | 54388 ReviewsComment On Containing Books Looking for Alaska
yup. this is not the right book to read for the first time at 23 years old in 2020. yupsome people are careless, and in an adrenaline-fueled all-caps teen reviewing frenzy, will inadvertently give a major spoiler for this book.avoid these people, even though ordinarily, they are pretty cool.this is a really well-written teen fiction book. i mean, it won the printz award, i'm not discovering america here. i think i wanted to emphasize that it definitely reads like a book intended for a teen audience. and i think that me as a teen would have numbered this among my very favorite
My assistant Amanda has been a John Green fan for ages, which is one of the reasons I decided to start giving his stuff a read. I decided to start here because it was one of his first books. After I finished this book, I went to her and asked, "Are all of John Green's books going to leave me feeling like I've had a hole kicked straight through my guts?""Not all of them," she said. "But yeah. Some." I thought about this for a while, then asked her. "In Name of the Wind, when X happens, did it
That's me, realizing I was about to give a big one star to a super popular book on Goodreads. It didn't stop me. This book was beyond stupid.Miles is a little nerd boy from Florida, he is going away to boarding school hoping for a new life or maybe his "Great Perhaps". The Great Perhaps comes from a minute reference to some poet. Thrown in to this book to make it all edgy and shit. Fail. Once he gets there his roommate (the requisite character that is so poor but super smart) befriends him.
Update- 4/12/14This review/rant receives more comments than any other book review I have. I decided to reply to a few of the comments in my review because the people that don't like my review/rant don't like it for pretty much the same reasons. First, please note there are spoilers. However, the spoilers aren't really spoilers since it doesn't affect your enjoyment or lack of enjoyment if you know the big secret. Nevertheless, a helpful few have pointed out that I have spoilers and I didn't mark
Final rating: 4.5/5 stars "Teenagers think they are invincible" with that sly, stupid smile on their faces, they don't know how right they are. We need never be hopeless, because we can never be irreparably broken. We think that we are invincible because we are." Loved it! I couldn't put it down - just like i expected. John Green is seriously talented, and even though i don't like this book as much as i love his "The Fault in Our Stars", it was still wonderful book.I have to admit that i was
Well, I finished this book this morning, and let me just say it was excellent.Everyone says it because it's true. This is a pure and thought-provoking book.This review cannot be without spoilers, so if you haven't read this book or don't want to be spoiled, don't continue. Basically, just read this book.The book follows Miles, a slightly disconnected teenager, who has just moved to a boarding school. He befriends his roommate and his roommate's friends. One of these friends is Alaska, and he
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