Miles/Pudge, the Colonel, Lara, Takumi and even some Weekday Warriors end up finding Alaska. They've figured out why she left, though they still don't have answers to everything. Everyone ends up going home for the summer. Miles goes back to Florida, ready to return next year to the Colonel, Takumi and Lara, his friends that he didn't have a the beginning of the book. It's nice to see things make a full circle.
Looking for Alaska, incase I haven't already said in a previous blog, is a GREAT novel. I think that you should put it on your list of books to read.
5 Reasons to read Looking for Alaska by John Green:
1. Winner of the Printz Award.
2. Likened to Catcher in the Rye and A Seperate Peace. (Not entirely sure about Catcher in the Rye, but a critic is quoted saying, "The spirit of Holden Caufield lives on..."
3. The book was challenged by a parent to be taken off school shelves in some school district.
4. A Catholic teacher was fired for teaching it.
5. It's awesome.
(In my opinion, if a book is challenged, it's worth the read.)
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sort of 6 out of 6 for 5/19/09--why the entry about a book you're not now reading? I thought at first you might have reread it to prepare for the presentation.
ReplyDeleteYou have impressive and varied reading tastes! I, too, often keep several books going at once, causing much wear and tear on my night stand and the surrounding floor! I look forward to reading vicariously with you and literally with you next year. Have a great summer!