by John Green
Looking for Alaska brilliantly chronicles the indelible impact one life can have on another. A stunning debut, it marks John Green’s arrival as an important new voice in contemporary fiction.
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Looking for Alaska
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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 Francois Rabelais called the “Great Perhaps.” Much awaits Miles at Culver Creek, including Alaska Young. Clever, funny, screwed-up, and dead sexy, Alaska will pull Miles into her labyrinth and catapult him into the Great Perhaps.
Additional information
| Book Condition | Used – Okay |
|---|---|
| Cover | Paperback |
| Size | 268 pages |
| Published | July 3, 2006 by HarperCollins Children's Books, first in March 2005 |
| Genre | Fiction, Contemporary, Romance, Young Adult |
| Awards | Los Angeles Times Book Prize Nominee for Young Adult Fiction (2005), |
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