Saturday, January 19, 2013

Looking for Alaska

This book is not suggested for 6th or 7th grade and is not in the FMS library.  Talk to Ms. Walton if you're interested in learning more.  Miles has lived an unexciting life.  It fully hits him at his birthday party.  As a result, he decides to go to the boarding school his dad attended in search of “The Great Perhaps.”  Miles hits the roommate jackpot in The Colonel, who, with the help of Alaska, Takumi, and Laura, teach Miles about life.  They pull pranks, they disobey all of the school rules, and they have more fun than Miles has ever had in his life.  Alaska is not well, though, and she goes through massive mood swings.  The book is broken into a countdown “before” and then a section “after.”  The irreverant, live-out-loud endearing characters made this one of my favorite books. 

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