The story is told through the eyes of teenager Miles 'Pudge' Halter, as he enrolls in boarding school to try to gain a deeper perspective on life. He falls in love with Alaska Young and finds a group of loyal friends. But after an unexpected tragedy, Miles and his friends attempt to make sense of what they've been through.

Trivia-on-Book: Looking for Alaska by John GreenIn his junior year, Miles Halter decided to leave his home in Florida in order to attend Culver Creek Preparatory High School in Alabama. He uses the words of Francois Rebelais' famous last words - "I go to seek a Great Perhaps" as an inspiration and reason for switching schools at such a late age. Miles likes to read biographies as well as memorize the author's last words. At the school, he mates three...

"Seventeen-year-old Charlotte "Charlie" Ryder, a girl from a working class family whose talent for the arts has gained her entry into the exclusive St. Anne's school, is drawn into the circle of the larger-than-life Julia Buchanan, a former senator's daughter"--

Best friends Jane and Holly have jumped into the river off Swallow's Nest Bluff hundreds of times. But one day, Holly's jump goes wrong. Her body never comes up, yet something else does-a sad creature of mud, full of confusion and sorrow. It's Holly, somehow, trapped and mixed up with the river. And if Jane can't do something to help, Holly will take everybody down with her-even the people she loves the most. Blending Looking for Alaska's theme of...

Does a father who abandoned his family deserve a second chance? Can an unwanted daughter restore her faith in men? Or has Billie already sabotaged her chance at first love? After her parents' divorce, introverted Billie Dixon buries herself in her studies. Her plan? To stay out of sight, out of mind, and out of trouble. But that plan fails when she starts at Bradford College. While hopeful to renew her relationship with her estranged father, Billie...

We Were Liars meets Looking for Alaska in a uniquely funny and heartbreaking teen novel about a passionate-yet-doomed friendship set against a backdrop of wealth and glamour. Willa Parker, 646th and least-popular resident of What Cheer, Iowa, is headed east to start a new life. Did she choose this life? No, because that would be too easy-and nothing in Willa's life is easy. It's her famous genius mother's idea to send her to ultra-expensive, ultra-exclusive...

"Spotlighting dozens of titles that have been challenged since 2015 and that are written for young children through teens, this book provides librarians the information and guidance they need to defend challenged books with an informed response"--

Kaitlyn's Wheel is a teen romance with the supernatural element of a Steven Spielberg or JJ Abrams production. The novel shares the teen angst of John Green's novels brought to screen-Looking for Alaska (Hulu miniseries), The Fault in Our Stars (307mm box office), and Paper Towns (85.5mm box office against a budget of 12mm). Add to that the magical realism of Field of Dreams, a classic "feel-good" movie that is referenced in the novel. As we've...

"Cassidy Ivanoff and her father, John, work at the Curry Hotel near the foot of Mount McKinley--Denali as it's called by the natives. John is the wilderness and exploration guide while Cassidy works in the kitchen. The staff buzzes with excitement during the busy days preparing for President Harding's visit, when he will dedicate the new national park on his way to driving in the golden spike to officially complete the Alaska Railroad. Allan Brennan...

Examines the biggest earthquake in recorded history in North America--the 1964 Alaskan earthquake that demolished the city of Valdez and obliterated the coastal village of Chenega--and the scientist sent to look for geological clues to explain the dynamics of earthquakes, who helped to confirm the then controversial theory of plate tectonics.