Looking for Alaska

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• Looking For Alaska by John Green

  When Miles Halter leaves his safe, comfortable life in Florida for Culver Creek – a boarding school his father used to attend – he's looking for what French poet Francois Rabelais called the Great Perhaps. Miles thinks he's found it in Alaska Young – ... (read full critics)

  thebookbag published on Thu, 12 May 2011

• Looking for Alaska By John Green

  2006 Printz Winner If there's one time of life when things come into focus your self-image, your relationships, your beliefs, your fears, your triumphs, your loves in short, everything that is you, it has to be your high-school years. It is for many ... (read full critics)

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5 Reviews

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  Miles goes off to boarding school in search of the "Great Perhaps" and in hopes of making some friends. His skinny self earns the nickname Pudge, and his roommate is the Colonel. His favorite class is World Religions in which they are to study three different religions each year. Pranking is the sch ... (continue)

  Miles goes off to boarding school in search of the "Great Perhaps" and in hopes of making some friends. His skinny self earns the nickname Pudge, and his roommate is the Colonel. His favorite class is World Religions in which they are to study three different religions each year. Pranking is the school's favorite pasttime. Miles falls in love with a girl named Alaska. He takes up smoking and drinking. The big question is, "How will I ever get out of this labyrinth?"

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  Missmath144 said on Sep 26, 2010 | Add your feedback

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  How will I ever get out of this labyrinth?

  Straight and fast.

  A delightful and affecting novel, the life of two young boys upsets by a lonely, moody and self-destructive girl. A story of friendship and love, and the failure to see the shadows in the deep of the Alaska's hearth, the failure to stop her when she tries to get out o ... (continue)

  Straight and fast.

  A delightful and affecting novel, the life of two young boys upsets by a lonely, moody and self-destructive girl. A story of friendship and love, and the failure to see the shadows in the deep of the Alaska's hearth, the failure to stop her when she tries to get out of the labyrinth.
  Amazing.

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  Howling Black said on Jul 30, 2009 | Add your feedback

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  Becky said on Nov 10, 2008 | Add your feedback

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  A harsh yet funny coming of age story.

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  Rameycreek said on Aug 7, 2008 | Add your feedback

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  Looking for Alaska

  Part coming-of-age buddy story, part study on the process of grief - a wholly wonderful and engaging book.

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  Readingrat said on Jul 25, 2008 | Add your feedback

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• English Books
• Paperback 256 Pages
• Edition: Reprint
• ISBN-10: 0142402516
• ISBN-13: 9780142402511
• Publisher: Puffin
• Pub date: Dec 28, 2006
• Dimensions: 1355 mm x 903 mm x 129 mm Just how big is that?
• Also available as: Hardcover, Audio CD, Others and eBook
• In other languages: other languages Livres Français, Deutsche Bücher, Libros en Español, Livros em Português, Libri Italiani, Svenska böcker

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