Summer Reading Assignment part 4

          Out of all the books on the Printz Award’s I picked Looking for Alaska by John Green. I picked this book because many people who have read it before me has said only good things about this book. I was very interested and when I saw it was on the list as one of the books you could read I was very excited! I also read and saw the movie; The Fault in Our Stars by the same author and it was amazing!

          While reading Looking for Alaska, I didn’t find any connections personally with this book but I’m sure others who have read or is reading this book might find some connections. Looking for Alaska was mostly a love story but, I really truly did enjoy this book and at some points I couldn’t put it down.

          If I could recommend this book to anyone in the world, I would recommend it to all age groups. It is such a good book I think anyone would enjoy reading this book. If you have read The Fault in Our Stars which I’m pretty sure all teenage girls and, maybe even some boys, have read the book or seen the movie might enjoy reading Looking for Alaska. 

Summer Reading Assignment part 3

My book, Looking for Alaska by John Green is split into two parts; Before and After. In my option, the before section of the book is the most “hooking” part of this book.

All the chaotic events that happen in the first part of the book serve as a cliffhanger. You want to know what is going to happen next with the characters, or who is going to get in trouble next, or what drama is going to unfold within the next few pages etc.

The book starts with ‘one hundred thirty-six days before’ and with every few pages the days get closer to ‘After’ part in the book. Within the days leading up to ‘After’ many events happen such as pranks, building friendship, fighting, falling in love, and getting in trouble by the Eagle. Most pranks are either pulled on the Weekend Warriors or the Eagle. The Eagle is basically the principle of the boarding school and controls everything and is also very uptight. If you do end up getting caught by the Eagle for whatever reason that may be; you have to go to court and be sentenced with a punishment such as doing dishes after meals, cleaning chalk boards and clapping erasers etc.

In conclusion I personally think the beginning part of Looking for Alaska is the most “hooking” part of the book.