John Green
221 pgs
Penguin Group (2005)
Subject Matter: interpersonal relations, boarding schools, Alabama, death
Pudge moves from his home high school in FL to go to a boarding school in AL. He's not very popular and has a hard time making friends until he meets his roommate, Chip, and is instantly part of a very special clique. This clique specializes in pranks and is always trying to pull one-up on the weekend warriors of the school, the rich kids attending only because their parents want them to. They usually live within driving distance and tend to go home for the weekends. Alaska and Chip are the masterminds of this ordeal and conjure up the perfect junior prank. Alaska is a girl full of spunk and light but has a dark secret that keeps her from totally loving life. She goes through moods like white on rice, quickly changing all of the time. As the friends outsmart The Eagle, the nickname for the dean of students at Culver Creek, Alaska breaks down and does some irrational things. The rest of the school is left looking for the meaning of life.
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