| Looking for Alaska Contributor(s): Green, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 0142402516 ISBN-13: 9780142402511 Publisher: Penguin Books
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: January 2007 Annotation: Miles "Pudge" Halter befriends some fellow boarding-school students and falls in love with Alaska Young, the razor-sharp, self-destructive nucleus of the group. When tragedy strikes, Pudge discovers the value of unconditional love. Speak |
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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 - Friendship |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Age Level: 14-UP |
| Grade Level: 9-UP |
| Lexile Measure: 850(Not Available) |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.4" W x 8.1" L (0.50 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Alabama - Topical - Death/Dying - Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age |
| Features: Ikids, Price on Product |
| Awards: Green Mountain Book Award, Winner, Grades 9-12, 2008 |
| Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 01/22/2007 pg. 187 |
| 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 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 |
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