A modern classic, this stunning debut marked 1 bestselling author John Green’s arrival as a groundbreaking new voice in contemporary fiction. You just use the future to escape the present. Looking for Alaska brilliantly chronicles the indelible impact one life can have on another.

(.) You spend your whole life stuck in the labyrinth, thinking about how you'll escape it one day, and how awesome it will be, and imagining that future keeps you going, but you never do it. 'Imagining the future is a kind of nostalgia. Overall, I think this book deserves five stars. Everything that might offend people is there for a reason.Īs for the actual story, it's about Miles Halter, who is fascinated by last words, and how he goes to a boarding school and meets Alaska Young. However, without these, this book would be entirely different - and probably not as powerful. There is a good amount of drinking/drugs/smoking. If you read this book with a parent (like I did) I think a younger age would be suitable.įor additional warnings for parents, I would say this: The characters are fully developed and the description is stunning.Īs for the 14+ rating, I this is the rating if you read it alone. Like all John Green books, it is written beautifully. If you’ve read the book and are completely prepared for spoilers, visit the Looking for Alaska Questions page for much, much more information on the book. You can buy Looking for Alaska from your favorite retailer via the Penguin portal.

And yes, it's on the banned booklist, but this is a book aimed at the YA crowd for YA readers, so saying that teens can't read about other teens facing the same problems they might face sort of defeats the purpose. A special 10th Anniversary edition of Looking for Alaska was released in 2015. I think that everyone should read this, especially teenagers. Despite the 16+ rating, I read this book when I was 11 years old.

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