Looking for Alaska, by John Green

[rachelmanija]

Teenage Miles Halter, who is obsessed with the last words of famous people, goes away to boarding school in Alabama and becomes even more obsessed with one of his classmates, troubled wild girl Alaska

Comments

[spectralbovine]

Alaska becomes famous and dies and has really cool last words!

[rachelmanija]

Well... she does die.

[frostedelves]

Party game: Alaska commits suicide; Miles becomes obsessed with her last words and is driven to solve the mystery that they represent, possibly causing a reconciliation with her family by proxy after he "understands" Alaska, and almost certainly achieving some kind of personal growth and understanding of his own.

[rachelmanija]

Generally correct, but without the reconciliation or last word obsession.

[meganbmoore]

Game: There is angst and romance and then one of them dies. Possibly in the snow.

[rachelmanija]

Yes, but not in snow.

[meganbmoore]

Ah well. It's the kdramas that make me wantto add the snowe.

[loligo]

My guess: Alaska dies, and Miles Learns About Life. They definitely make out before that happens, but I don't think they have sex.

[rachelmanija]

100% correct! You win!

[clodia_risa]

She makes him live a little, he has those first quasi-pangs of adolescence, she kills herself in a dangerous stunt that is in no way his fault, he blames himself and decides to live because that would be what she would want.

I haven't read that many YA novels, but I'm betting on it being similar to Bridge to Terebithia.

[rachelmanija]

You got it!