John Green is one of my favorite Young Adult authors. His talent for writing the dialogue of teenagers, especially highly intelligent ones, is what makes his books so compelling. When I was a teenager, the kids he writes about are the ones I would have wanted to hang out with. In this novel, Miles transfers to a prep school in Alabama. With the help of his roommate, Chip, he becomes part of a small group who introduce him to drinking, smoking, sex, and pranks. But it is the death of Alaska, the beautiful, but troubled member of the group that changes the trajectory of Miles & Chip's attentions. Their obsessive search for the truth about Alaska's death - accident or suicide? - consumes them and changes their lives. This book won a Michael L. Printz Award for the best teen book in 2006.
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