Miles Halter is a high school junior who leaves
his home in Florida to attend Culver Creek Preparatory High School in
Alabama. It happens to be a private
school where students like to pull pranks.
He is a shy boy who likes the “last words” of people. Never having friends before, Miles becomes
quick friends with “The Colonel”, Takumi, Lara, and Alaska Young who
immediately accept him. Alaska has Miles
pushing the rules by sneaking off to drink, smoke and perform pranks with
them. Miles begins to fall for her even
though Alaska has a college boyfriend. Then
after a drunken night celebrating a series of pranks, Alaska freaks out and suddenly
says that she has to leave campus to do something. Miles and Takumi help her get off
campus. Then the next morning, they receive
news that Alaska had been killed in a car accident. The boys feel responsible and confused about
Alaska’s death. They were wondering he
purpose on where she was going and it helps with the healing. They also decide to handle their grief by
pulling the prank of all pranks. They learn
how to continue on with life.
This is a modern realistic fiction that is
dealing with death and being able to overcome it and accept it. The audience for this John Green novel should
be Juniors and Senior due to the content and the language used in the
story. It is a coming of age story that deals with
heartbreak, laughter, pranks, friendship and love.
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