Looking for Alaska

!! AWESOME BOOK ALERT !!

Thanks to the wonderful Miss B.R. (ex-student of mine) at the end of last year I was the happy recipient of a copy of Looking for Alaska - a young adult novel by John Green. As usual, I planned to read far more than I did this summer (Yes, even English teachers need to take a break from reading) and never got to it. As the school year came closer I knew I had to read it before B.R. asked me how I enjoyed the novel. Well, I read it in about a week and recommend Alaska to everyone - students and parents alike!

The plot line follows a slightly awkward teenage boy as he ditches his public school in Florida for a private school in Alabama in search of "the great perhaps" (basically he wants to get a life). He meets some very cool friends, falls in love with a gorgeous and crazy girl, pulls off some really good pranks and everything comes to a slamming hault on one fateful day that changes his life forever.

Its an easy, enjoyable read with some very funny and real teenager moments. Yes, I will admit to laughing out loud at certain points. Yet, the novel also gets at the core of how awesome and horrible it is to be an adolescent simultaneously.

Please, please read this novel and let me know what you think. I have an extra copy if anyone wants to borrow. I warn you there are some very inappropriate jokes & some drug abuse so make sure you're up for those before reading.