LOOKING FOR ALASKA: John Green: Puffin: 2006: Fiction: 256 pagesThis is a compelling young adult novel that follows the lives of a group of high school students sent to live in an exclusive boarding school in Alabama. The narrator is a smart, quiet, and unpopular kid who spends his free time memorizing the last words of famous people. The story is funny and light-hearted as the narrator meets and forms friendships and finds a niche of interesting kids to smoke, drink, study and pull pranks with. Then, an event occurs that forces the students to confront their choices and realize their world can end in an instant. I would not recommend this book to young teens, but, adults and older teens will find that the story inspires them to think about what's really important, and about how our lives and decisions affect each other.
An ALA Printz award winner for excellence in young adult literature.
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