| Looking for Alaska Contributor(s): Green, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 0525475060 ISBN-13: 9780525475064 Publisher: Dutton Books for Young Readers
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions 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. |
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| 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 |
| Age Level: 14-17 |
| Grade Level: 9-12 |
| Lexile Measure: 850(Not Available) |
| Physical Information: 0.89" H x 5.68" W x 8.7" L (0.88 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Alabama - Topical - Death/Dying |
| Features: Dust Cover, Ikids, Price on Product |
| Awards: Buckeye Children's Book Award, Nominee, Teen, 2007 Virginia Readers Choice Award, Nominee, High School, 2007 Iowa High School Book Award, Nominee, Young Adult, 2007 Georgia Peach Book Award for Teen Readers, Nominee, Young Adult, 2006 Kentucky Bluegrass Award, Winner, Grades 9-12, 2006 Tayshas Reading, Commended, Young Adult, 2006 Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens, Recommended, Fourteen and Up, 2006 Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award, Nominee, Grades 9-12, 2008 Volunteer State Book Awards, Nominee, Young Adult, 2007 Rhode Island Teen Book Award, Nominee, Ages 12 & Up, 2007 Heartland Award, Honor Book, Young Adult, 2006 Young Reader's Choice Award, Nominee, Senior/Grades 10-12, 2008 Michael L. Printz Award, Winner, Young Adult, 2006 L.A. Times Book Prize, Finalist, Young Adult Fiction, 2005 |
| Review Citations: Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2005 pg. 334 - Superior,Well Above Average Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 02/01/2005 pg. 252 - Book Of Special Distinction Horn Book Magazine 03/01/2005 pg. 201 School Library Journal 02/15/2005 pg. 136 School Library Journal 02/01/2005 pg. 136 Kirkus Review - Children 03/01/2005 pg. 287 Entertainment Weekly 03/11/2005 pg. 107 Publishers Weekly 02/07/2005 pg. 61 Kliatt 03/01/2005 pg. 12 Voice of Youth Advocates 04/01/2005 pg. 39 Kirkus Best Children's Books 12/01/2005 pg. 6 SLJ's Best Books 12/01/2005 pg. 45 Booklist Ed Choice Youth 01/01/2006 pg. 12 ALA Best Books Young Adults 03/01/2006 pg. 7 ALA Recmd for Reluctant YA's 03/01/2006 pg. 33 |
| 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. |
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