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Looking for Alaska

By: John Green
Narrated by: Wil Wheaton
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The award-winning, genre-defining debut from John Green, the #1 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.

 Death & Dying Depression & Mental Health Difficult Situations Family & Relationships Friendship Literature & Fiction Self Esteem & Self Image Dating Alaska

Critic Reviews

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

An ALA Best Book for Young Adults, Top 10 • An ALA Quick Pick • A Booklist Editors’ Choice selection • A Kirkus Best Book of the Year • An SLJ Best Book of the Year • A Chicago Public Library Best of the Best • A New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age

“What sets this novel apart is the brilliant, insightful, suffering but enduring voice of Miles Halter.” —Chicago Tribune

“Looking For Alaska is a showcase to the raw talent John Green has, the kind of talent that can make you close the crisp last page of a novel and come out as a different person....

A gem of modern literature." —Guardian

★ “What sings and soars in this gorgeously told tale is Green’s mastery of language and the sweet, rough edges of Pudge’s voice.” —Kirkus

★ “Alive with sweet, self-deprecating humor.” —SLJ

“Funny, sad, inspiring, and always compelling.” —Bookpage

“The spirit of Holden Caulfield lives on.” —Kliatt

“Stunning conclusion . . . one worthy of a book this good.” —Philadelphia Inquirer
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Good book well read by Ensign Wesley Crusher. A lot of cigarette smoking but wrestles with some important issues about which you are forced as a reader to make judgements.

Good book well read by Ensign Wesley Crusher

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it was absolutely amazing

the performance was exceptional and very entertaining I'm really greatful for this book

amazing one of my favourite books of all time

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I read this cause of the reading list required for highschool teachers. I like it a lot, but it felt very taxing as I got to jump back into my angsty dramatic teen self who needed support and help. The first thing I could think of writing about the book was that it was a Sad and Horny Mixtape of Teenage Angst. I loved the story, the themes and the overall images that John Green makes. But I did struggle with the voice work and at times felt like Wil dragged down the content, but honestly that could just be my taste and preference of performers. Overall good experience, I can definitely recomend as well as warn for the flood of teen emotions.

Teen Angst in All its Glory

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I read this story years ago on the train through Europe. I havew read the other books by John Green, but like with all authors, you always have your favourite and this is my one. I am not going to review the story but I will say, that this story has made me really think about the people we surround us with, will affect your lives in unique and different ways but only if we allow them too. This story is a great Sunday afternoon read or listen. All I can say, just give it a try. You may like it or you may not.

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favorite book, perfectly read, cried, laughed and cant wait for the tv serious, thanks for bringing the book to life!

favourite book

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