Sixteen-year-old Miles Halter, obsessed with biographies and last words, moves to the Culver Creek boarding school in Alabama. He falls in with the Colonel, his roommate, and Alaska Young, a girl who is funny, impulsive and clearly hiding something. Chapters are labeled by the number of days before or after a turning point, so the reader feels the dread build and then the weight of what follows, as the friends search for what really led to it.
A good pick for readers who want a coming-of-age story with real emotional stakes, including humor, first kisses and a heavy question about responsibility. Its quotes about the labyrinth and the Great Perhaps stay in your head long after the final page.
Inward-looking, contemplative and thought-provoking; an easy read.
Best for readers like The Empathetic Explorer. Which reader are you?
- Published
- 2011
- Publisher
- dtv
- ISBN
- 9783423624039
- Language
- DE
