| Looking for Alaska Contributor(s): Green, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 0525475060 ISBN-13: 9780525475064 Publisher: Dutton Books for Young Readers OUR PRICE: $17.99 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2005 Annotation: In a stunning debut novel, Miles "Pudge" Halter befriends some fellow boarding school students whose lives are everything but boring. Pudge falls in love with Alaska, the razor-sharp and self-destructive nucleus. But when tragedy strikes, Pudge discovers the value of loving unconditionally. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Dating & Sex - Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Death, Grief, Bereavement - Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Drugs, Alcohol, Substance Abuse |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2004010827 |
| Lexile Measure: 850 |
| Physical Information: 0.89" H x 5.68" W x 8.7" (0.88 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Alabama - Topical - Death/Dying |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 86391 Reading Level: 5.8 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 11.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 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. |