Independent Reading: Looking for Alaska

Book Recommendations:


Recommendation for Looking for Alaska:

       I would recommend Looking for Alaska by John Green to any reader, young or old, because it is a wonderfully written story with a gripping plot and wonderful characters. Looking for Alaska was published in 2005 so it is a fairly recent book. Author John Green also wrote the novel The Fault in Our Stars which is a critically acclaimed novel and is, like Looking for Alaska, a #1 New York Times Bestseller. Looking for Alaska was so amazingly written and enjoyed by readers and critics alike, it was awarded the Michael L. Printz Award for excellence in young adult literature.

Here is a book recommendation from Barnes and Noble about Looking for Alaska:
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/looking-for-alaska-john-green/1100255278?ean=9780142402511


Recommendations for a novel similar to Looking for Alaska:
       
         A book similar to Looking for Alaska that I have read and enjoyed would have to be the Harry Potter series as it starts out with a seemingly normal boy with a seemingly normal life. As the story goes on though, you realize he is not similar to anyone you know and is not very popular at school either. Harry soon finds out he is a wizard and adapts two best friends, Hermione Granger and Ronald Weasley, or Alaska Young and Chip Martin. Throughout the novel, Harry finds plenty of conflict and learns to grow and learn.