Looking for Alaska by John Green

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Publication Information: New York: Dutton Children's Books 2005. 237 p.

Reading Level: Teens
Lexile: 930

Michael L. Printz Award 2006
YALSA Best Books for Young Adults 2006
Kentucky Bluegrass Award 2006
School Library Journal's Best Books 2005

School Library Journal, vol 51, issue 2, p136
Publishers Weekly, vol 252, issue 6, p58
Kirkus Reviews, March 1, 2005

Miles Halter leaves his boring life in Floria for a boarding school in Alabama. His is on his own for the first time and ready for adventure. His roommate "the Colonel" and his best friend, Alaska, teach Miles to drink and play elaborate pranks. We see foreshadowing of Alaska's death from the beginning and after she drives drunk and crashes into a police car, Miles and the Colonel debate whether or not it was a suicide.

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