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Looking for Alaska
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Published:
New York : Penguin Books, 2019.
Format:
Book
Physical Desc:
221 pages, 22 unnumbered pages, 9 pages ; 21 cm
Status:
Description

"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 zThe Great Perhaps.y Much awaits Miles at Culver Creek, including Alaska Young, who will pull Miles into her labyrinth and catapult him into the Great Perhaps." -- Back cover.

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Language:
English
ISBN:
9780593109069, 0593109066, 9780142402511, 0142402516
Accelerated Reader:
UG
Level 5.8, 11 Points
Lexile measure:
850

Notes

General Note
Includes reader's guide and excerpt from Turtles All the Way Down.
General Note
"First published in the United States of America by Dutton Books, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc., 2005." -- Title page verso.
General Note
"Published by Speak, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc., 2007." -- Title page verso.
Description
"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 zThe Great Perhaps.y Much awaits Miles at Culver Creek, including Alaska Young, who will pull Miles into her labyrinth and catapult him into the Great Perhaps." -- Back cover.
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Citations
APA Citation (style guide)

Green, J. (2019). Looking for Alaska. New York, Penguin Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Green, John, 1977-. 2019. Looking for Alaska. New York, Penguin Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Green, John, 1977-, Looking for Alaska. New York, Penguin Books, 2019.

MLA Citation (style guide)

Green, John. Looking for Alaska. New York, Penguin Books, 2019.

Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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