Looking For Alaska, Paperback Book, By: John Green

Miles's narration is alive with sweet self-deprecating humor and his obvious struggle to tell the story truthfully adds to his believability. School Library JournalWhat sings and soars in this gorgeously told tale is Green's mastery of language and the sweet rough edges of Pudge's voice. Girls will cry and boys will find love lust loss and longing in Alaska's vanilla-and-cigarettes scent. KirkusThis is an amazing first novel by a writer who is young enough to vividly remember his powerful years of high school and he expertly turns remembrance into story. Childrens LiteratureThe novel's chief appeal lies in Miles's well-articulated lust and his initial excitement about being on his own for the first time. Publishers Weekly About the Author: John Green attended a boarding school in Alabama not entirely unlike ALASKAs Culver Creek. After graduating from college in 2000 he moved to Chicago where is is a writer editor and er as well as a regular contributor to public radio. LOOKING FOR ALASKA is his first novel.