Looking for Alaska / John Green.
Sixteen-year-old Miles' first year at Culver Creek Preparatory School in Alabama includes good friends and great pranks, but is defined by the search for answers about life and death after a fatal car crash.
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- ISBN: 9781410477545
- ISBN: 1410477541
- Physical Description: 353 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
- Edition: Large print edition.
- Publisher: Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, 2015.
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General Note: | "Thorndike Press Large Print The Literacy Bridge"--Copyright page. |
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Subject: | Interpersonal relations > Juvenile fiction. Boarding schools > Juvenile fiction. Schools > Juvenile fiction. Death > Juvenile fiction. |
Genre: | Large print books. Bildungsromans. Novels. |
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- 5 of 5 copies available at Missouri Evergreen.
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Looking for Alaska
"So do you really memorize last words?" She ran up beside me and grabbed my shoulder and pushed me back onto the porch swing. "Yeah," I said. And then hesitantly, I added, "You want to quiz me?" "JFK," she said. "That's obvious," I answered. "Oh, is it now?" she asked. "No. Those were his last words. Someone said, 'Mr. President, you can't say Dallas doesn't love you,' and then he said, 'That's obvious,' and then he got shot." She laughed. "God, that's awful. I shouldn't laugh. But I will," and then she laughed again. "Okay, Mr. Famous Last Words Boy. I have one for you." She reached into her overstuffed backpack and pulled out a book. "Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez. The General in His Labyrinth. Absolutely one of my favorites. It's about Simón BolÃvar." I didn't know who Simón BolÃvar was, but she didn't give me time to ask. "It's a historical novel, so I don't know if this is true, but in the book, do you know what his last words are? No, you don't. But I am about to tell you, Señor Parting Remarks." And then she lit a cigarette and sucked on it so hard for so long that I thought the entire thing might burn off in one drag. She exhaled and read to me: "'He'--that's Simón BolÃvar--'was shaken by the overwhelming revelation that the headlong race between his misfortunes and his dreams was at that moment reaching the finish line. The rest was darkness. "Damn it," he sighed. "How will I ever get out of this labyrinth!"'" Excerpted from Looking for Alaska by John Green All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.