Looking For Alaska 

By: John Green

John Green

           John Green is an  outstanding author, creative blogger, and hilarious You-tuber. He wrote Looking For Alaska in March 2005 and in 2006 won the Michael L. Printz Award from the American Library Association. 

          Looking For Alaska is about a boy, Miles Halter. The book is split into two parts, Before and After and tells Miles story... He is moving to a new school, from Florida all the way to Alabama! It is very different from his school now because it is a boarding school. At his old school he didn't really have any friends and was pretty sad and did not care about anything, but all that changes when he starts attending Culver Creek Boarding School... 

         "I am going to seek a great perhaps" (pg. 136 Before 18). Miles Halter starts off his story by moving to Alabama. He wants this year to be different, exciting. When he's moving in he meets his roommate, Chip Martin, or as many people call him The Colonel.  He then meets Takumi, the Colonels friend. And then he meets her, the most gorgeous girl hes ever laid eyes on, Alaska Young. The four of them all become very close. But particularly the Colonel and Miles become close. They are both similar and differnt in so many ways. The obvious ways they are different is in their looks. Miles is tall and skinny, very lanky, and a little quiet. And the Colonel is short and chubby, and has a big attitude. The Colonel gave Miles the nickname Pudge. "Its irony" he said because he is so skinny. The Colonel is also somewhat of a rebel. He is well known around his school for being the "prank master". Miles is defiantly the complete opposite of that, or at least he was. Miles was always quiet and didnt really do much in his home town but since he has moved here he has defiantly broken out of his shell. 

         Despite their differences they had one big thing in common. They both have similar views on things. Even though they are room mates and they fight a lot over dumb stuff, I have realized that so far they have similar views on things. They always end up agreeing in the end. I think as the book goes on we will be able to see more similarities in the two and they will become closer than they are now. I think the book is about to make a big change in the plot and I am excited on reading it. Keep checking up on my blog to find out what happens next...