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Is John Green's Looking For Alaska Worth The Read?
Is John Green’s ‘Looking for Alaska’ worth the read?

Looking for a good book? Stop looking in the libraries and start 'Looking for Alaska'! This book is one of my personal favorites and I keep finding myself reading it over and over again.
The book starts out with Miles Halter’s going away party, where only 2 of his classmates show up. He’s starting school at a private school, Culver Creek, as a junior. Back home, he never had many friends, but at “the Creek” he instantly connects with his roommate, Chip Martin, or, as everyone calls him, “The Colonel”. The Colonel introduces Miles to all his Culver Creek friends, including Alaska Young. Miles instantly falls in love with Alaska and refers to her as “the hottest girl in all of human history”
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