Grades 9+
Having kind of enjoyed John Green's first book, the 2006 Michael L. Printz winner Looking For Alaska, and having a friend who swears by him as the teen writer of our times, I decided to give him another shot and read Paper Towns. By the end, which was accomplished in one night, I had laughed a lot and gotten a little teary eyed.
Having kind of enjoyed John Green's first book, the 2006 Michael L. Printz winner Looking For Alaska, and having a friend who swears by him as the teen writer of our times, I decided to give him another shot and read Paper Towns. By the end, which was accomplished in one night, I had laughed a lot and gotten a little teary eyed.
The girl of your dreams, who was also your childhood best friend, appears at your window one night to take you along on an all-night, score-settling spree through Orlando. Just when high school senior, Quentin Jacobsen (Q), thinks Margo is back in his life she disappears. Q with the sometimes help of his two best friends will trace Margo's last days in and around Orlando in hopes to find out where she has disappeared to and along the way maybe find out who Margo is as a person. The drama of this book isn't especially the chase and mystery of where Margo went or even if she is still alive, but Q finding out about Margo herself and coming to terms with finishing high school.
Paper Towns won the 2009 Edgar Award for best Young Adult novel.
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