Looking for Alaska

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

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.

Author: John Green
Publisher: Dutton Books for Young Readers
Published: 03/03/2005
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.88lbs
Size: 8.70h x 5.68w x 0.89d
ISBN: 9780525475064
Audience: Young Adult

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.8
Point Value: 11
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 86391 / Looking for Alaska


Award: Young Reader's Choice Award - Nominee
Award: Michael L. Printz Award - Winner
Award: L.A. Times Book Prize - Finalist
Award: Buckeye Children's Book Award - Nominee
Award: Virginia Readers Choice Award - Nominee
Award: Iowa High School Book Award - Nominee
Award: Georgia Peach Book Award for Teen Readers - Nominee
Award: Kentucky Bluegrass Award - Winner
Award: Tayshas Reading - Commended
Award: Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens - Recommended
Award: Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award - Nominee
Award: Volunteer State Book Awards - Nominee
Award: Rhode Island Teen Book Award - Nominee
Award: Heartland Award - Honor Book


Review Citation(s):
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

About the Author
John Green is the award-winning, #1 bestselling author of Looking for Alaska, An Abundance of Katherines, Paper Towns, Will Grayson, Will Grayson (with David Levithan), The Fault in Our Stars, and Turtles All the Way Down. His many accolades include the Printz Medal, a Printz Honor, and the Edgar Award. John has twice been a finalist for the LA Times Book Prize and was selected by TIME magazine as one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World. With his brother, Hank, John is one half of the Vlogbrothers and co-created the online educational series CrashCourse. You can join the millions who follow him on Twitter @johngreen and Instagram @johngreenwritesbooks or visit him online at johngreenbooks.com. John lives with his family in Indianapolis, Indiana.