Looking for Alaska

from erinbreland

I must say this is the best book I have read in a very long time. The book is about a group of teenagers and the main three are the colonel (chip), Pudge (miles), and Alaska. They all attend a boarding school in Alabama and Pudge is the new kid at school. Pudge comes to this school looking for "t...

from AshleyMarkeitaTate

Looking for Alaska is a wonderfully written book about Miles Halter's journey while attending a boarding school in Alabama. As a sort of loner, he meets interesting people that ultimately become his friends. He also meets "the hottest girl in all of human history," Alaska Young. Wild, smart, and ...

from MickyFine

Miles Halter is a rather unimpressive teen with predilection for memorizing the last words of famous people. However, when he decides to leave his native Florida and go to Culver Creek boarding school in Alabama in search of the Great Perhaps (last words of Francois Rabelais), he meets the beauti...

from sexy_librarian

A boy looking for meaning meets a girl who seems to have all the answers, but it isn't till she's gone that he realizes he didn't know her at all. The main character's quirk of knowing famous people's last words was interesting, and the pranks the students pull are hilarious (though not recommend...

from KelliSingleton

Looking for Alaska is about a High school Teenager named Miles Halter. Miles is sent to a boarding school in Alabama. Miles wasn't that popular until he met his roommate, Chip. Chip gave Miles the nick name, Pudge. They instantly became friends. Pudge also met a girl named Alaska. Pudge started t...