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 GreenAuthor: John Green
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 01/01/2007
Pages: 272
Weight: 0.5lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780142402511
Audience: Young Adult
Accelerated Reader:Reading Level: 5.8
Point Value: 11
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 86391 / Looking for Alaska
Award: 2008 Green Mountain Book Award Winner - Grades 9-12
Review Citation(s): Publishers Weekly 01/22/2007 pg. 187
About the AuthorJohn Green is the award-winning, #1 bestselling author of books including
Looking for Alaska,
The Fault in Our Stars, and
Turtles All the Way Down. His books have received many accolades, including a Printz Medal, a Printz Honor, and an Edgar Award. John has twice been a finalist for the LA Times Book Prize and was selected by
TIME magazine as one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World. He is also the writer and host of the critically acclaimed podcast
The Anthropocene Reviewed. With his brother, Hank, John has co-created many online video projects, including Vlogbrothers and the educational channel Crash Course. He lives with his family in Indianapolis, Indiana. You can visit John online at johngreenbooks.com.