Looking for Alaska Post #4

Of all the choices I had for summer reading, one novel clearly stood out to me from the very beginning. This novel just so happens to be Looking for Alaska by John Green. My attention was drawn to this novel particularly because I have heard only amazing reviews about this book, both from my peers and online. I have heard this book reels you in and is very hard to put down, which is a quality I look for in books. Another reason I have chosen to read this book is because I recently read The Fault in Our Stars by John Green, and it was one of the best books I have read in my entire life. I felt connected to Looking for Alaska because one of the themes in the book was peer pressure, and I am constantly finding myself under peer pressure. I would definitely recommend this book to any mature teenager, or anybody who feels comfortable reading a book that has content such as drugs, drinking, etc. I think teenagers would like this book because it deals with current issues that go on in the teenage world, such as falling under the peer pressure of doing drugs, or drunk driving. This book left me with a powerful message and I definitely recommend reading it!

Looking for Alaska Post #3

"I need y'all to go to the gym." "Now", he added. And as if answering my prayers, the Eagle said, "You're not in trouble. But you need to go to the gym now." I heard the Colonel rolling over above me. "What's wrong?" "Something terrible has happened," the Eagle said, and then closed the door(Green 138). In this part of the book, the Eagle, the school principal, announces to Pudge and the Colonel that they must immediately go to the gym to hear some bad news. The Eagle is about to announce to the whole school that Alaska Young died the previous night in a car accident. This part of the book has the intention to hook readers because a few pages before, Alaska Young was out driving in the middle of the morning. Once the Eagle stops by to announce everyone must report to the school gym, the readers heart drops. The reader doesn't want to assume the worst and believe that Alaska might be dead, so they start to assume otherwise. They start to hope that the Eagle will be announcing something else. It also hooks the reader because the reader is very curious to see if Pudge and the Colonel are in trouble.