A boy who loves famous last words goes to boarding school and meets an unforgettable girl
What it is about
Miles Halter leaves Florida for Culver Creek, a boarding school in Alabama, hoping to find what a poet called the Great Perhaps. He makes close friends, including the wild and magnetic Alaska Young, and the year is split by one event. The chapters count down to it and then count away from it.
Who will enjoy it
Readers who like smart, emotional coming-of-age stories.
What you will get
A quick read that mixes humor, big questions and grief. It is Green’s first novel and still one of his most talked-about.
Behind the book
It was Green’s first novel and won the 2006 Michael L. Printz Award for young adult literature.
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Looking for Alaska Facts: Pages, Genre and Setting
Genre
Young Adult · Friendship · Loss · Growing up
Length
221 pages · ≈ 6 h
More about this book
Characters
Miles Halter, his roommate the Colonel and Alaska Young.
Setting
Culver Creek, a boarding school in Alabama.
What makes it different
The chapters are labeled by days before and after a turning point.
Feel
Funny at first, then deeply sad.
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