BOOK REVIEW: Look For Alaska

Looking for Alaska-John Green

This was an absolutely wonderful book! I loved reading every minute of it!
The book takes place in central Alabama at a small, private school. Some kids are rich, and as we find out, some are far from that. Green has written the book from the perspective of the main character, Miles, or "Pudge" as he is ironically nicknamed. Miles comes from a respectable background, however he almost had no friends at his old school, so this new life is something completely odd to him. At "the Creek" he makes several close friends and together they experience many trials and triumphs.
When reading this book, one cannot help but to notice the complexities behind all of the main characters, and cannot help but to feel for them all. Together, these four friends experience the troubles of common teens, along with a few more extremes. This novel brings to light some of the many problems and experiences that teenagers experience every day in this country, and really, around the world.
When something devastating happens, the friends learn they must stick together and put aside previous trials in order to survive.
This book is truly marvelously written and is funny, enlightening, and intriguing. I recommend everyone read this book for simply the message of life and friendship it holds, but also for the many other aspects that one can find when delving deeper into the story.