Looking for Alaska by John Green introduces you to 16-year-old Miles “Pudge” Halter who heads off to seek his Great Perhaps at an Alabama boarding school, where new-found freedom, guilty pleasures and an enigmatic girl named Alaska hurl him into life.
Honor books include Black Juice by Margo Lanagan, I am the Messenger by Markus Zusak, John Lennon: All I Want is the Truth by Elizabeth Partridge, and A Wreath for Emmett Till by Marilyn Nelson.
Film & Discussion: Room 237
AADL screens documentary Room 237 on Thurs., June 6 from 6-8:30 PM at the Downtown AADL. Professor Geoffrey Cocks, expert featured in documentary, will answer audience questions after the screening. This film focuses on the theories of hidden symbols in the movie The Shining.
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Learn the history of Ypsilanti from the people devoted to documenting it, the Ypsilanti Historical Society. This online archive features 35 years of the publication Ypsilanti Gleanings, with articles on the people and places of Ypsilanti, historic documents and diaries, and a gallery of photos from over a century of Ypsilanti history.
Comments
What a wonderful choice. Green is a terrific author, which is why I wrote, '...Green, a familiar presence on National Public Radio, has a writer's voice, so self-assured and honest that one is startled to learn that this novel is his first." when I reviewed it last year for VOYA. Congratulations to Mr. Green.
All year long I felt Looking for Alaska had to be the top choice for Printz. I'm thrilled the Printz committee agreed!
Good choice.
Great choice, yes.. now if I could only understand what the Newberry Committee was thinking.
This is engaging and well written. The characters are well crafted and appealing. Unfortunately, the author reveals his immaturity with a predictably dramatic ending.