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Laurie Halse Anderson
1999
Looking for Alaska
John Green · 2005
221 pages
Miles Halter leaves his quiet Florida home for a boarding school in Alabama, drawn by the last words of famous people. There he joins a tight circle of friends, falls for the reckless Alaska Young, and is forced to reckon with loss and guilt.
Tropes
Coming of Age, Found Family, Boarding School, Melancholic, Love Triangle
