Looking for Alaska
by John Green
Open Library readers: 3.98 / 5 from 129 ratings. Separate from ratings here.Catalogue checked 2026-10-02.
Before. Miles “Pudge” Halter is done with his safe life at home. His whole life has been one big non-event, and his obsession with famous last words has only made him crave “the Great Perhaps” even more (Francois Rabelais, poet). He heads off to the sometimes crazy and anything-but-boring world of Culver Creek Boarding School, and his life becomes the opposite of safe. Because down the hall is Alaska Young. The gorgeous, clever, funny, sexy, self-destructive, screwed up, and utterly fascinating Alaska Young. She is an event unto herself. She pulls Pudge into her world, launches him into the Great Perhaps, and steals his heart. Then. . . .
After. Nothing is ever the same.
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Bibliographic source: Open Library- Who wrote Looking for Alaska?
Looking for Alaska is by John Green. The catalogue records its first publication in 2005. A later edition may have a different publication date on its copyright page.
- How long is Looking for Alaska?
The catalogue records 288 pages for a representative edition. Pagination varies with the publisher, format, type size and translation, so check the edition you intend to read.
