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227 pp.
| Dutton |
March, 2005 |
TradeISBN 0-525-47506-0$15.99
(2)
YA
At boarding school in Alabama, narrator Miles Halter faces challenging classes, school-wide pranks, and Alaska Young, a sexy, enigmatic girl. After Alaska is killed in a car crash, Miles and his friends question whether it could have been suicide and acknowledge their own survivor guilt. These intelligent characters talk smart, yet don't always behave that way, and are thus complex and realistically portrayed teenagers.
Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
March, 2005