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Miles Halter is fascinated by famous last wordsdash;and tired of his safe life at home. He leaves for boarding school to seek what the dying poet Francois Rabelais called the ;ldquo;Great Perhaps.;rdquo; Much awaits Miles at Culver Creek, including Alaska Young. Clever, funny, and screwed-up Alaska will pull Miles into her labyrinth and catapult him into the Great Perhaps. Green was awarded the 2006 Michael L. Printz Award for Looking for Alaska. It is taught in many high school and college curricula and has been published in over 30 languages. Lexile Measure:/ 930L Copyright 2005. High school. 5 x 8 inches. Softcover. 221 pages.