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Ratings: ★★★★☆ (4/5)
Genre: Young Adult, Literary Fiction, Contemporary Fiction, Coming-of-Age

Book Review:
Looking for Alaska is the award-winning debut novel from John Green, author of The Fault in Our Stars. Miles Halter, a teenager obsessed with famous last words and mysteries, leaves his boring Florida home to attend Culver Creek Boarding School in Alabama. He is searching for what François Rabelais called ''The Great Perhaps.'' There, he meets Alaska Young – gorgeous, clever, funny, sexy, screwed up, and utterly fascinating. Miles, along with his new friends, falls deeply in love with her. But when tragedy strikes unexpectedly, Miles and his friends are left to unravel the meaning of life, love, loss, and forgiveness. This book is vivid, passionate, and intensely human. It will make you laugh, break your heart, and leave you thinking long after the last page. Winner of the Michael L. Printz Award. A must-read for fans of honest, emotional, and thought-provoking young adult fiction.