Looking For Alaska

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In the fictional book, Looking for Alaska by John Green, John writes an adult novel of 221 pages speaking of a young boy who learns a lot about love, depression, regret, and adventure. This book was published by Penguins Young Reading Group in on August 14, 2008. It is a good book for teenagers ages 14-18.
Miles Halter is regular boy who is tired of being predictable. He is very smart and his talent is memorizing last words of memorable people. He has little to no friends and he is always called boring. To get away from being so predictable and to experience some adventure and excitement he leaves his home. He goes to a boarding school where he thinks he will experience adventure. But instead he experiences sadness, confusion, anger

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