A stunning debut, it marks John Green's arrival as an important new voice in contemporary fiction. Looking for Alaska brilliantly chronicles the indelible impact one life can have on another. This brings us back to the symbolism of the labyrinth, which actually represented Alaska’s. The book he couldn’t find (The General in His Labyrinth) is parallel to Alaska, because he couldn’t find her either. The books in Alaska’s room represented her personality. Clever, funny, screwed-up, and dead sexy, Alaska will pull Miles into her labyrinth and catapult him into the Great Perhaps. There was one book I wanted to take with me, but I couldn’t find it. He leaves for boarding school to seek what the dying poet Francois Rabelais called the "Great Perhaps." Much awaits Miles at Culver Creek, including Alaska Young. Printz Award A Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist A New York Times Bestseller A USA Today Bestseller Top Ten, NPR's 100 Best-Ever Teen Novels TIME Magazine's 100 Best Young Adult Novels of All Time Miles Halter is fascinated by famous last words-and tired of his safe life at home. Young Adult | Bouquiniste Favourites | Hannah's Top Picks | Book to Screenįeatured title on PBS's The Great American Read in 2018 The award-winning, genre-defining debut from John Green, the #1 international bestselling author of The Fault in Our Stars Millions of copies sold Winner of the Michael L.
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