For my summer reading I chose Looking For Alaska. It was written by John Green in 2005, and was also his first published book. It won the Michael L. Printz award in 2006.
LFA is about a boy named Miles Halter, who convinces his parents to let him go to boarding school in Alabama. Shortly after arriving at Culver Creek, he meets his new roommate, the Colonel. The Colonel gives Miles the nickname "Pudge" and introduces him to another student, Alaska Young. On his first night at The Creek, Pudge gets taped together and thrown into the lake with the possessed swan by the Weekend Warriors. They are a rival group to the Colonel & Alaska. Them throwing Pudge into the lake was payback for a prank pulled on them by Alaska. I have really enjoyed John Green's other works and this one has also been interesting. I hope to find out more about Alaska as I continue reading.
Wow.... this was excellently written. Did you ever find out more about Alaska as you continued reading? Was the book good? Did you ever finish it? I am sad that you didn't continue this blog, I wanted to know what you were reading plus I love your voice and syntax and diction and pretty much everything. I wish my blog was as good as yours. You're the best.
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