Looking for Alaska

The award-winning, genre-defining debut from John Green, the #1 international bestselling author of Turtles All the Way Down 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 Fran ois 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.

Author: John Green
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Dutton Books for Young Readers
Published: 03/03/2005
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.88lbs
Size: 8.70h x 5.68w x 0.89d
ISBN: 9780525475064


Award: Michael L. Printz Award - Winner
Award: Tayshas Reading - Commended
Award: L.A. Times Book Prize - Finalist
Award: Buckeye Children's Book Award - Nominee
Award: Georgia Peach Book Award for Teen Readers - Nominee
Award: Virginia Readers Choice Award - Nominee
Award: Volunteer State Book Awards - Nominee
Award: Kentucky Bluegrass Award - Winner
Award: Rhode Island Teen Book Award - Nominee
Award: Heartland Award - Honor Book
Award: Young Reader's Choice Award - Nominee
Award: Iowa High School Book Award - Nominee
Award: Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award - Nominee
Award: Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens - Recommended