John green looking for alaska book. The story takes place at culver creek preparatory high school a boarding school in alabama and follows miles halter later nicknamed pudge and the eccentric new friends he makes during his first year. About the author john green is the award winning 1 bestselling author of looking for alaska an abundance of katherines paper towns will grayson will grayson with david levithan the fault in our stars and turtles all the way down. A modern classic this stunning debut marked 1 bestselling author john greens arrival as a groundbreaking new voice in contemporary fiction.
His many accolades include the printz medal a printz honor and the edgar award. Looking for alaska is a bestselling romance novel by john green. He is one half of the vlogbrothers on youtube and co creator of educational series crash course.
John green is the new york times bestselling author of looking for alaska an abundance of katherines paper towns the fault in our stars and turtles all the way down. Looking for alaska brilliantly chronicles the indelible impact one life can have on another. John green looking for alaska is john greens first in a long line of romantic young adult dramas.
John green is the award winning 1 bestselling author of looking for alaska an abundance of katherines paper towns will grayson will grayson with david levithan the fault in our stars and turtles all the way down. His whole life has been one big non event and his obsession with famous last words has only made him crave the great perhaps even more francois rabelais poet. It stars charlie plummer boardwalk empire kristine froseth apostle and denny love empire and premieres in its entirety on october 18.
For the looking for alaska mini series green pairs with another auteur of the adolescent experience josh schwartz whose writing and producing credits include the oc gossip girl and chuck. Looking for alaska is john greens first novel published in march 2005 by dutton juvenile. Summary of the book.
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. Looking for alaska is john greens first novel published in march 2005 by dutton juvenilebased on his time at indian springs school green wrote the novel as a result of his desire to create meaningful young adult fiction. When miles halter leaves his home for boarding school he expects that hell find a change from the sedentary life he grew tired of.
The characters and events of the plot are grounded in greens life while the story itself is fictional. Like phineas in john knowles 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 school library journal starred review the spirit of holden caulfield lives on.