Looking for Alaska
By John Green
- Release Date: 2005-03-03
- Genre: Coming of Age Fiction for Young Adults
Description
The award-winning, genre-defining debut from John Green, the #1 bestselling author of The Anthropocene Reviewed and The Fault in Our Stars
Winner of the Michael L. Printz Award • A Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist • A New York Times Bestseller • A USA Today Bestseller • NPR’s Top Ten Best-Ever Teen Novels • TIME magazine’s 100 Best Young Adult Novels of All Time • A PBS Great American Read Selection • Millions of copies sold!
First drink. First prank. First friend. First love.
Last words.
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 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.
Looking for Alaska brilliantly chronicles the indelible impact one life can have on another. A modern classic, this stunning debut marked #1 bestselling author John Green’s arrival as a groundbreaking new voice in contemporary fiction.
Newly updated edition includes a brand-new Readers' Guide featuring a Q&A with author John Green
Reviews
my favorite ever
5By rainf4irythis book gives me so many emotions and feeling i can't really describe. it's definitely my favorite book and it gave me a whole new outlook on life. looking for alaska is so precious and i can't describe how much i love it. it makes my heart hurt.GREAT READ
1By taytaydripsxIf your in the comment thinking about reading this JUST F******* READ IT 😎Kept me engaged
3By lthoma2Novel coming of age story.I’m not very interested in teenagers but the perspective was so richly described that I did enjoy the book very much.Hasty
4By NmeeeEnding was super symbolic but a bit hastyLooking for Alasks
5By brynnie brinIt was a great book and how people work as a team to find clues on what really happened to Alaska. It had lots of suspense and adventure.Amazing
5By Dragonfish1829Just pure amazing this was John greens first book and he got a award and that just proves this man is a genius.Disappointingly Corny
2By th0rnb3rryWhile John Green is an honest treasure, this books feels corny. It’s over romanticization of smoking cigarettes is cringeworthy. It only takes a few pages in to realize this is every wanna-be-deep softbois favorite book.YES!
5By jahdudnbrabsolutely love this book! This is my second time reading it and I’ve also watched the show they made about it on Hulu. This is a must read book.Wow
5By goid but a rip offIf this ain’t the best book I ever read. Coming up on high school so I want to know what it is like. This book taut me a few thingsAmazing Coming of age story
5By Bible lover ✝️It’s a classic. It’s hilarious and emotional. It’s a story of growing up and having new happy experiences as well as grief.
