Entry Four

I chose Looking for Alaska because it was by John Green, and he is easily one of my favorite authors. Since John Green is one of my favorite authors, I know he has two Printz Awards, the other is An Abundance of Katherines. Which I have always read about three times because it’s one of my favorites of his. That being said if I wanted to read a John Green book I would have to read Looking for Alaska, which I did.

For personal connections during the book there were some I noticed. For example, I’m around the same age as the characters in the book. Like Pudge I don’t have many friends and the most obvious one, I go to school, even though it’s not a boarding school. It is still school. I don’t memorize last words, but I do memorized a lot of lines from movies, songs, and books.

I would recommend this book to anyone who is a fan of John Green because this is his first book and it’s slightly influenced by John’s life at his boarding school. Anyone who likes stories about school, friendship, and pranks because that is what this book is, all mixed together.

Another reason to read this would be that the book is controversial, to some people. For example one school, Depew High School, was going to teach this book to 11th graders, and sent out a permission slip, but parents felt like this book was to mature for their kids. This lead John to post a video about on his channel that he shares with his brother, Hank. To gain support for his book from his fans.