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John Green Looking For Alaska
While searching for something they are destined to find they find more then the meaning of life but also the meaning of love, friendship, disaster and hope. Looking For Alaska by John Green is a heart wrenching tale of two young people's journey to find their way in the world. After Miles “Pudge” Halter's search for the great perhaps gets spun around when he is taken to Culver Creek Preparatory School and meets alaska young his search for the great perhaps is transformed into a search for a meaning behind the way he feels. Thou Looking For Alaska is suitable for teens as it includes drug and alcohol use it has a good lesson behind it. I feel Looking for Alaska has a story behind it, John Green growing up wanted to be a pastor and i feel by
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