Looking for Alaska by John Green
by Sam Arnold-Boyd on Sep.30, 2012, under Printz Award, Real life, Student Reviews
Review by Alexis
Who would like this book? Anyone, 8th grade and up, who likes realistic fiction.
Why? Pudge Halter, obsessed with the last words of the dying, is looking for the “Great Perhaps”. When he gets to Culver Creek School, he thinks he might have found what he was looking for. At Culver Creek, he meets Alaska Young, the school prankster, and her friends, Takumi, and the Colonel. Together, the four go through the school year, playing the occasional prank, until one night, when a devastating accident occurs. After the accident, Pudge, Takumi, and the Colonel, must ask themselves, who is Alaska Young? I like the questions this book raised about suffering, friendship, and love. This book is one of my favorites.
The details: 221 pp. 2005 Review by Alexis
