Throughout the 'Before' section of the novel, Miles and his friends Chip "The Colonel" Martin, Alaska Young, and Takumi Hikohito grow very close and the section culminates in Alaska's death. Looking for Alaska follows the novel's main character and narrator Miles Halter, or "Pudge," to boarding school where he goes to seek a "Great Perhaps," the famous last words of François Rabelais. The characters and events of the plot are grounded in Green's life, while the story itself is fictional. Based on his time at Indian Springs School, Green wrote the novel as a result of his desire to create meaningful young adult fiction. Looking for Alaska is American author John Green‘s debut novel, published in March 2005 by Dutton Juvenile.
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