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Looking for Alaska by John Green - 4* - My Review

Set at an Alabama boarding school, this is a young adult coming of age story about sixteen-year-old Miles Halter and his small group of friends, including Chip, his roommate, and Alaska, an impetuous girl with a tragic past. Miles is an expert at famous people’s last words and has left his home in Florida in search of “the great perhaps” (originally from François Rabelais). It starts off with a countdown, which sparks the reader’s curiosity as to what will occur at the end of the countdown. It is best to read it with no knowledge of what is going to happen. For a young adult novel, it contains a fair amount of profanity, adult situations, and alcohol abuse, but the overall message is positive and one that will certainly be of interest to its target audience. The characters are realistic, the dialogue is particularly well-written, and the storyline moves along at a good pace. I think many will pick up on the underlying mystery, but I did not feel that it took anything away from the resolution.

PBT Comments: I found this book on KateNZ's Porter level gameboard for Subdue the Shelf. This would make a great choice for April's "Friendship" tag.