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Looking for Alaska

Looking for Alaska (2005)

272 pages 4.0/5 Goodreads

Before. Miles “Pudge” Halter is done with his safe life at home. His whole life has been one big non-event, and his obsession with famous last words has only made him crave “the Great Perhaps” even more (Francois Rabelais, poet). He heads off to the sometimes crazy 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. She is an event unto herself. She pulls Pudge into her world, launches him into the Great Perhaps, and steals his heart. Then. . . . After. Nothing is ever the same.

Author: John Green

ISBN: 9781455870042

Content Warnings

Mental Health & Emotional

Death of a child Grief / bereavement (major focus) Suicide (discussed or ideation) (referenced)

Other

Gaslighting / emotional manipulation

Sexual Content

Explicit sexual content / nudity

Substance Use

Alcohol abuse (depicted) Drug use (depicted)
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