<P> Looking for Alaska is John Green 's first novel , published in March 2005 by Dutton Juvenile . It won the 2006 Michael L. Printz Award from the American Library Association , and led the association 's list of most - challenged books in 2015 due to profanity and sexually explicit scenes . Looking for Alaska is inspired by Green 's own experiences as a high school student . The story is told through teenager Miles `` Pudge '' Halter , as he enrolls in a boarding school to try to gain a deeper perspective on life . He meets one student in particular , Alaska Young , whom he falls in love with as she guides him through his own `` labyrinth of suffering . '' After her unexpected death , he is forced to work through his internal `` labyrinth of suffering '' himself as he and his close friends attempt to uncover the truth behind Alaska 's death . </P>
<P> Looking for Alaska is John Green 's first novel , published in March 2005 by Dutton Juvenile . It won the 2006 Michael L. Printz Award from the American Library Association , and led the association 's list of most - challenged books in 2015 due to profanity and sexually explicit scenes . Looking for Alaska is inspired by Green 's own experiences as a high school student . The story is told through teenager Miles `` Pudge '' Halter , as he enrolls in a boarding school to try to gain a deeper perspective on life . He meets one student in particular , Alaska Young , whom he falls in love with as she guides him through his own `` labyrinth of suffering . '' After her unexpected death , he is forced to work through his internal `` labyrinth of suffering '' himself as he and his close friends attempt to uncover the truth behind Alaska 's death . </P>
who wrote the novel looking for alaska ( sites 1 and 2 )
who wrote the novel looking for alaska ( sites 1 and 2 )
John Green
John Green