Looking for Alaska - Reprint (Penguin Minis) by John Green (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br> Sixteen-year-old Miles' first year at Culver Creek Preparatory School in Alabama includes good friends and great pranks, but is defined by the search for answers about life and death after a fatal car crash. <p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br> <b>"Will slip equally well into a pocket as a Christmas stocking." - <i>The Wall Street Journal</i>, <b>"</b>What to Give, <b>"</b> holiday gift guide.</b> <p/><i><i>Introducing Penguin Minis! </i>#1 bestselling author John Green like you've never read him before. - Featured in the New York Times, The Washington Post, BBC's The World, Real Simple, BuzzFeed, Bustle, and more!<br></i> <p/>John Green's critically acclaimed debut, <i>Looking for Alaska</i>, is now available as a Penguin Mini edition. Complete and unabridged, the book's revolutionary landscape design and ultra-thin paper makes it easy to hold in one hand without sacrificing readability. Perfectly-sized to slip into a pocket or bag, Penguin Minis are ideal for reading on the go. <p/><b>About <i>Looking for Alaska</i> </b><br> Winner of the Michael L. Printz Award<br> <i>Los Angeles Times </i>Book Prize Finalist<br>A Great American Reads selection<br>A <i>New York Times </i>Bestseller<br>A <i>USA Today </i>Bestseller<br>Top Ten, NPR's 100 Best-Ever Teen Novels<br><i>TIME Magazine</i>'s 100 Best Young Adult Novels of All Time<br><p><b>Before.</b> Miles Halter is fascinated by famous last words. He leaves for boarding school to seek what Rabelais called "The Great Perhaps." Much awaits Miles, including clever and self-destructive Alaska Young, who will pull Miles into her labyrinth and catapult him into the Great Perhaps. <p/> <b>After.</b> Nothing will ever be the same. <p/> A modern classic, this stunning debut marked #1 bestselling author John Green's arrival as a groundbreaking voice in contemporary fiction. <p/></p> <p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br> <b>About Penguin Minis: </b> <p/>"The tiny editions are the size of a cellphone and no thicker than your thumb, with paper as thin as onion skin. They can be read with one hand -- the text flows horizontally, and you can flip the pages upward, like swiping a smartphone.... It's a bold experiment that, if successful, could reshape the publishing landscape and perhaps even change the way people read." - <i>The New York Times</i> <p/><b>About LOOKING FOR ALASKA: </b> <p/>An ALA Best Book for Young Adults Top 10<br> An ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Readers<br> A 2005 <i>Booklist </i>Editors' Choice<br> A <i>Kirkus </i>Best Book of 2005<br> A 2005 <i>SLJ </i>Best Book of the Year<br> A New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age <p/> What sets this novel apart is the brilliant, insightful, suffering but enduring voice of Miles Halter. --<i>Chicago Tribune</i> <p/> Funny, sad, inspiring, and always compelling. --<i>Bookpage</i> <p/> Stunning conclusion . . . one worthy of a book this good. --<i>Philadelphia Inquirer</i> <p/> The spirit of Holden Caulfield lives on. --<i>Kliatt</i> <p/> What sings and soars in this gorgeously told tale is Green's mastery of language and the sweet, rough edges of Pudge's voice. Girls will cry and boys will find love, lust, loss and longing in Alaska's vanilla-and-cigarettes scent. <i>Kirkus</i>, starred review <p/> Miles's narration is alive with sweet, self-deprecating humor, and his obvious struggle to tell the story truthfully adds to his believability. Like Phineas in John Knowles's A Separate Peace, Green draws Alaska so lovingly, in self-loathing darkness as well as energetic light, that readers mourn her loss along with her friends. --<i>SLJ</i>, starred review <p/> ...Miles is a witty narrator who manages to be credible as the overlooked kid, but he's also an articulate spokesperson for the legions of teen searching for life meaning (his taste for famous last words is a believable and entertaining quirk), and the Colonel's smarts, clannish loyalties, and relentlessly methodological approach to problems make him a true original....There's a certain recursive fitness here, since this is exactly the kind of book that makes kids like Miles certain that boarding school will bring them their destiny, but perceptive readers may also realize that their own lives await the discovery of meaning even as they vicariously experience Miles' quest. --<i>Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books</i>, starred review <p/> Readers will only hope that this is not the last word from this promising new author. --<i>Publishers Weekly</i> <p/> "John Green has written a powerful novel--one that plunges headlong into the labyrinth of life, love, and the mysteries of being human. This is a book that will touch your life, so don't read it sitting down. Stand up, and take a step into the Great Perhaps."<br> --K.L. Going, author of <i>Fat Kid Rules the World</i>, a Michael L. Printz Award Honor Book <p/><br></br><p><b> About The Author </b></p></br></br> John Green is the award-winning, #1 bestselling author of <i>Looking for Alaska</i>, <i>An Abundance of Katherines</i>, <i>Paper Towns</i>, <i>Will Grayson, Will Grayson</i> (with David Levithan), <i>The Fault in Our Stars</i>, and <i>Turtles All the Way Down</i>. His many accolades include the Printz Medal, a Printz Honor, and the Edgar Award. John has twice been a finalist for the LA Times Book Prize and was selected by TIME magazine as one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World. With his brother, Hank, John is one half of the Vlogbrothers and co-created the online educational series CrashCourse. You can join the millions who follow him on Twitter @johngreen and Instagram @johngreenwritesbooks or visit him online at johngreenbooks.com. John lives with his family in Indianapolis, Indiana.
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