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The award-winning, genre-defining debut from John Green, the #1 bestselling author of The Anthropocene Reviewed and The Fault in Our Stars

Winner of the Michael L. 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. First prank. First friend. First love.

Last words.

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 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.

Looking for Alaska brilliantly chronicles the indelible impact one life can have on another. A modern classic, this stunning debut marked #1 bestselling author John Green’s arrival as a groundbreaking new voice in contemporary fiction.

Newly updated edition includes a brand-new Readers' Guide featuring a Q&A with author John Green

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John Green’s nonfiction debut is a masterful and deeply moving collection of personal essays about falling in love with the world. “The perfect book for right now.” Aza is living within the ever-tightening spiral of her own thoughts. Told with shattering, unflinching clarity, this is a brilliant exploration of love, resilience, and the power of lifelong friendship. “The greatest romance story of this decade.” Hazel and Augustus meet at support group for teens with cancer. Last words and first loves at boarding school. John Green’s award-winning, genre-defining debut. Winner of the Edgar Award. Margo summons Q for an ingenious night of revenge. When the new day breaks, Margo has disappeared. But there are clues—and they’re for Q. An ingeniously layered comic novel about love, friendship, mathematical theorems, and the Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Penguin Books; Reprint edition (December 28, 2006)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 221 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0142402516
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0142402511
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 16+ years, from customers
Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 850L
Grade level ‏ : ‎ 9 - 12
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.2 x 5.4 x 0.7 inches
Reviewer: MJ Smith
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Powerful, sad, thought provoking look at depression, loss of people we love, and suicide.
Review: One warning, if you suffer from depression and/or suicidal thoughts, this book may not be a good story to read. The depth of this book, in terms of looking at depression, suicide and loss, really surprised me. I have been trying to find books to help me understand several people I have personally known well, two of whom committed suicide, and my oldest brother who drank himself to death. I have found it really difficult, but helpful, to find books that might help me get my head around the fact that no matter how well we think we know someone, or want to help them, mental health disorders, depression and suicide have sides to them that make it difficult to actually understand the depth of their problem. So, after reading other books like Thirteen Reasons Why, All the Bright Places, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, and others, this book Looking For Alaska had so many poignant points that I found more helpful than the other books.First off, John Green’s characters were well constructed in terms of the tight knit circle of freinds who were there for each other, going through many of the issues of belonging, where do I fit in, etc, of the teenage angst many go through. Much of this book made me think of the more recent pain my daughter went through in high school, which was brutal at times. But, these are timeless issues, and it was easy to think back to my own issues many years ago. Alaska Young, the main character, was very well written. She was beautiful, funny, smart, well liked (to a point), but there were moody, unpredictable sides of her that were hard to understand (which is very true of depression and mental healt issues). Our storyteller Pudge, is smitten with her, as most guys her age would be. And they become best friends. But, there is The Colonel, Pudge’s roommate, funny, smart, with a huge chip on his shoulder for rich and priveledged kids their age. He is likeable and very smart, as well. He has also known Alaska for several years and knows how moody and capricious she can be. Other members of their group take in Takumi and Lara. As the story shows the fitting in issues, Alaska is a character it’s so easy to like. She’s full of life, brightens up the room with her smile and coquettish behavior, but, what’s also likeable, she is always clear with anyone that she has a boyfriend she adores.Two main themes throughout the narrative is that Pudge is driven by a quote he read, that is now directing his life, which states“I go seek a Great Perhaps.” He is looking for more. Alaska is obsessed with something she read in a novel talking about the struggle of life, which states, “How will I ever get out of this labyrinth?” As the story continues, you realize that Alaska flies off the handle, suddenly withdraws from everyone, and no one can understand this side of her. Most of all Pudge. One of Pudge’s and Alaska’s classes together is religion and philosophy. This is a great tool used by the the author to confront many of the issues unfolding.To get to the point, as you see Alaska boldly act brazenly at times, impetuously, and take blame before a panel that caught them all smoking, and other things along these lines, her behavior seems at times self destructive. She drinks a lot and even makes a comment to her friends, when asked why she chain smokes at times, inhaling so hard, she says she does it to kill herself. Green does a great job making her complex in ways that people with mental health issues are really complex. They can be hard to understand and unpredictable. And this is Alaska.There is a point in the book, when they are all drinking heavily, and Alaska suggest they play a drinking game and tell their best day ever, and their worst day ever. They’re all very drunk. And Alaska admits that when she was a little girl, her mother died of an aneurysm right in front of her, and she had didn’t know what to do, but just sat with her waiting for her to wake up. And when her father came home he made it clear that it was her fault her mother died. Why didn’t she call 911? And so on. We find out Alaska is a tortured person and can’t break free of it. Needless to say, later in the story, while all drinking, Alaska gets a phone call in the middle of the night from her boyfriend. No one knows what’s said, but she is horribly distraught and crying uncontrollable, and she has to leave, has to get out, and she tears off and she dies that night. And the big question is was it suicide? And of course, her friends helped her leave because she “had to” so badly. And now they are tortured by the reality that they could have stopped her.The kinds of questioning and guilt Green discribes is so astute and tears at your heart if you have ever suffered real loss of a loved one, especially if it was from suicide or under tragic circumstances. The Religion class resurfaces as it turns out Alaska had written her final essay paper on “How will we ever get out of this labyrinth of suffering?” The teacher, who admired Alaska, and in helping students cope, he puts her question on the blackboard, and he turns her question into an essay question for them final exam for everyone to grapple with. This was a clever device in the story as Pudge comes to grips, and we as the readers try to understand the seemingly senseless loss. The Pudge’s essay answer is a wonderful wrap up to the story. He uses things they learned from Buddhism to state things like, all things that come together will fall apart, and all things are interconnected, so that the loss of Alaska, she isn’t truly lost. “Maybe she was just matter, and matter gets recycled.” But, Pudge also realizes that even as sad and tragic as Alaska’s life was, it didn’t have to end that way. Pudge writes, “Awful things are survivable,” and he wishes he could have told Alaska that. And that we are as indestructible as we believe ourselves to be.

Reviewer: CHARLES J. PARRY
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Realistic brilliance!
Review: John Green has published numerous brilliant books for the world, which both young and old adults have not only cried, but also laughed over. His writing is relatable, allowing the reader to connect to the book on a deeper level than other novels. Looking for Alaska manages to display exciting adventures using 100% real life characters and settings. The novel contains a number of thrills, pranks, and humor, the majority of which take place on one campus, all in less than 250 pages. Living with a minor life in Florida, Miles “Pudge” Halter, who memorizes last words as a hobby, makes the transition from old life to his new, more appealing one at a boarding school in hot and dry Alabama. Upon his arrival, not only does he realize he must transition from the hot, humid weather of his home state to the more awful, hot air of his new home, but he also must transition from a life of innocence to a life full of smoking, drinking, and interacting with a gorgeous girl. Miles’s journey of recreating himself unfolds as he meets new friends, new love interests, and even gets himself into a bit of trouble. The time he spends there makes his old life look even more depressing, until a disastrous event happens halfway through the book. The second half of the book shows how Miles, as well as his friends, cope with this disaster while they search for answers as to what might’ve caused it. Looking for Alaska not only becomes a mystery, but also questions how to escape the “labyrinth” of the world. Looking for Alaska is a fairly easy read, which will more than likely keep you on your feet the whole time with humor and interesting characters. It contains mature humor, scenes, and language, so it may be inappropriate for young children or tweens; not only because of the dirty details, but also because it takes maturity to appreciate the book. I would highly recommend this novel to you if you are a teenager or in your early 20’s, specifically because the connections you are able to create with the characters and situations are unreal. As a teenager myself, I can say I felt a connection to the book; one of my favorite quotes, occurring at the end of the novel, tells about the invincibility of teenagers and humans as a whole. After describing that energy cannot be created or destroyed and humans therefore are indestructible, John Green goes on to say “When adults say, ‘Teenagers think they’re so invincible’ with that sly stupid smile on their faces, they don’t know how right they are” (Page 220). Although this is only a taste of the book, you can see the appeal it has to teens, as well as the hint of understanding it contains. In addition, although the entire book is fabulous, I do have to say that the first half really is the heart of the book. After the first half, the chapters seem to lack something. Whether this is the lack of something, or someone, Looking for Alaska still remains a good read, especially because the ending of the book pulls the novel together. Throughout Looking for Alaska, there is a search for the meaning of life, but more specifically what happens to us after we pass on. If you enjoy books with a deeper meaning than what is on the surface, I recommend this novel to you. All in all, Looking for Alaska is both a thrilling and somewhat heartbreaking book that tells a story of pranks and adventures, all while searching for a deeper meaning at the same time. I can guarantee you will come out of it with a better understanding of your life, which is why I highly recommend taking the time to read this book.

Reviewer: Jessica
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Review: Great story. I read a few years back and after watching the hulu show I wanted to re read it. I purchased a used version that was still in excellent condition.

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Review: El libro llegó en buenas condiciones, yo ya había decidido no leer más de este autor pero vi muy buenas críticas del libro y la verdad se me a estado haciendo un poco pesado

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