He’s sent to a hostel where he finds Chip Martin (aka Colonel) - a black boy who lives in a trailer park with his mom. Pudge, though, is in search of his “great perhaps”. His family is annoying as they always treat him like a kid. Halter Miles is sent to Culver Creek high school, it’s the same school where his father also studied. She’s a very sad family story which manifests into her life. Alaska Young radiates a beautiful and gothic vibe. Alaska Young is what makes this book the best work of John Green in my opinion. All in all, it’s the story of Alaska Young - a wild, weird, strange, beautiful and caring girl. He’s described as a skinny scared boy - In Pudge you’ll see a boy who wants to escape his loneliness - he falls in love with Alaska Young but is scared to explicitly express it to her.

He has an unusual habit of learning the “last words” of famous people. Pudge is the main character of the story, who takes admission in Culver Creek high school to search for his “great perhaps”. Looking For Alaska is not the story of Miles Halter (aka Pudge). This was banned in schools across USA for its explicit content and themes of drugs and suicide. This also continues to be John Green’s lowest rated novels and also the most controversial one - this was banned in schools across USA for its explicit content and themes of drugs and suicide. It’s not a typical YA novel as John Green has shifted from a conventional high school romance to a more meaningful and deep themes which surround a teenager’s life. Looking For Alaska is a young adult novel written by John Green which was published in 2005. You just use the future to escape the present.” “You spend your whole life stuck in the labyrinth, thinking about how you’ll escape one day, and how awesome it will be, and imagining that future keeps you going, but you never do it.

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