Looking for Alaska by John Green
Photo from Goodreads Summary From Goodreads Before. Miles "Pudge" Halter's whole existence has been one big nonevent, and his obsession with famous last words has only made him crave the "Great Perhaps" (François Rabelais, poet) even more. He heads off to the sometimes crazy, possibly unstable, and anything-but-boring world of Culver Creek Boarding School, and his life becomes the opposite of safe. Because down the hall is Alaska Young. The gorgeous, clever, funny, sexy, self-destructive, screwed-up, and utterly fascinating Alaska Young, who is an event unto herself. She pulls Pudge into her world, launches him into the Great Perhaps, and steals his heart. My Thoughts Rated 2 Stars The first book I read by John Green. I thought Green really brought Miles to life in this book. You can feel his pain, hurt, emotion throughout the story. A new kid in a new school, he felt out of place. That is a naturally feeling. I'm sure many of us h...