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Looking for Alaska is a 2005 young adult novel and the debut novel of American author John Green. It follows Miles Halter after he enrolls at Culver Creek, an Alabama boarding school, where he becomes close to the charismatic and unpredictable Alaska Young and a group of fellow students. Structured around a pivotal event, the novel explores friendship, guilt, grief, idealization, and the search for meaning, and it received the 2006 Michael L. Printz Award.
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What is Looking for Alaska about?
John Green’s 2005 debut novel follows Miles Halter after he enrolls at the fictional Culver Creek boarding school in Alabama. He becomes close to Alaska Young, whose unpredictable personality and tragic story shape the novel.
Who wrote Looking for Alaska?
Looking for Alaska was written by American author John Green. It was his first published novel and helped establish the themes of friendship, grief, guilt, and growing up that appear in later books.
Is Looking for Alaska a series or a standalone book?
The novel is a standalone story rather than part of a numbered book series. A television adaptation was released by Hulu in 2019 as an eight-episode miniseries.
What do the Before and After sections mean in Looking for Alaska?
The book is divided into sections labeled Before and After, counting toward a major turning point in the story. This structure follows Miles as he tries to understand what happened and how he should live with its consequences.
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