The award-winning debut from John Green, the #1 international bestselling author of Turtles All the Way Down and The Fault in Our Stars
First drink. First prank. First friend. First love.
Last words.
Miles Halter is fascinated by famous last wordsand 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.
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Winner of the Michael L. Printz Award A Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist A New York Times Bestseller A USA Today Bestseller NPRs Top Ten Best-Ever Teen Novels TIME magazines 100 Best Young Adult Novels of All Time A PBS Great American Read Selection
What sets this novel apart is the brilliant, insightful, suffering but enduring voice of Miles Halter. Chicago Tribune
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 Greens mastery of language and the sweet, rough edges of Pudges 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 Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers Award and Michael L. Printz Award Winner.
John Green is the award-winning, #1 bestselling author of Looking for Alaska, An Abundance of Katherines, Paper Towns, Will Grayson, Will Grayson (with David Levithan), The Fault in Our Stars, and Turtles All the Way Down. His many accolades include the Printz Medal, a Printz Honor, and the 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. With his brother, Hank, John is one half of the Vlogbrothers and co-created the online educational series CrashCourse. You can join the millions who follow him on Twitter @johngreen and Instagram @johngreenwritesbooks or visit him online at johngreenbooks.com. John lives with his family in Indianapolis, Indiana.
