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Book Review of Looking for Alaska

Looking for Alaska
Looking for Alaska
Author: John Green
Genre: Children's Books
Book Type: Paperback
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Along with all of the main aspects of the story line, I also took away that this book shows there is value in education and being a well-educated high school student. As a college professor myself, I can attest that many students today are incredibly underprepared for collegiate-level studies. Perhaps exposing young students to books that show the value of learning (not just good grades, although a welcome side-effect of learning) will help reverse this trend. Each of the characters in this book were very academically intelligent and loved to learn. Each of the characters in this book also held characteristics that I both liked and disliked; all of which match reality. For these reasons, I really enjoyed the book. It wrapped up very well in the end.