NOSHA's Banned Books Club - Looking for Alaska (2005) by John Green

First drink. First prank. First friend. First love.
Last words.

Miles Halter is fascinated by famous last words—and tired of his safe life at home. He leaves for boarding school to seek what the dying poet François Rabelais called the “Great Perhaps.” Much awaits Miles at Culver Creek, including Alaska Young, who will pull Miles into her labyrinth and catapult him into the Great Perhaps.

Looking for Alaska brilliantly chronicles the indelible impact one life can have on another. A modern classic, this stunning debut marked #1 bestselling author John Green’s arrival as a groundbreaking new voice in contemporary fiction.

• New York Times Bestseller • Michael L. Printz Award winner • TIME Magazine’s 100 Best Young Adult Novels of All Time • PBS Great American Read Selection

Challenged for: offensive language, drugs/alcohol/smoking, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group