Looking For Alaska

A stunning debut novel that unflinchingly delves into the lives of boarding school teens. For Ages 14 & up.

Winner of the Michael L. Printz Award

An ALA Best Book for Young Adults

An ALA Quick Pick

A Los Angeles Times 2005 Book Prize Finalist

A New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age

A 2005 Booklist Editor’s Choice

A 2005 School Library Journal Best Book of the Year

Before. Miles “Pudge” Halter is done with his safe life at home. His whole life has been one big non-event, and his obsession with famous last words has only made him crave “the Great Perhaps” even more (Francois Rabelais, poet). He heads off to the sometimes crazy and anything-but-boring world of Culver Creek Boarding School, and his life becomes the opposite of safe. Because down the hall is Alaska Young. The gorgeous, clever, funny, sexy, self-destructive, screwed up, and utterly fascinating Alaska Young. She is an event unto herself. She pulls Pudge into her world, launches him into the Great Perhaps, and steals his heart. Then. . . . After. Nothing is ever the same.

Readers will only hope that this is not the last word from this promising new author. (Publishers Weekly)

John Green is the author of Looking for Alaska and An Abundance of Katherines. He lives in New York City.

Publisher: Speak
Distributor: Penguin Group USA, Inc
Publication Date: 12-28-2006
Pages: 256
Measurements: 8.26in X 5.45in X 0.68in X 0.58lb