Right now in Looking For Alaska by John Green, I am midway through the book. I am really enjoying it so far! I like how it shows the rougher side of town. I think this gives me a lot of perspective about what the world can be like. On a scale of one to ten, I would give this book a nine! This is because John Green uses figurative language, imagery, theme, characterization, conflict... and much, much more to enhance his writing. He is a very good writer but the only thing I do not like about his novels is that, sometimes he gets off topic. But in a way, it adds dimension to the story.

Alaska invites Pudge to spend thanksgiving at Culver's Creek with only her. Pudge hopes that something will happen between them, but nothing does because Alaska is very loyal to her boyfriend, Jake. Alaska is trying to set Pudge up with her friend, Lara. Lara is a cute little Romanian girl with a strong accent. She really likes Miles (aka Pudge), and he likes her too... just not as much as he likes Alaska.

When everyone comes back to Culver's Creek Alaska and Chip start planning a prank to pull on the Week-day Warriors, who are the rich kids. They want to get revenge on them because of what they did to Miles. They threw him into a lake, and nearly drowned him! Chip and  Alaska spend lots of one on one time planning for this prank; they have everything sketched out to the second. When the day finally comes... the prank is to break into to the Week-day Warrior's dorms  and rig their hair gel for it to dye their hair blue (because everyone knows how much rich kids love their hair)! When they finish their prank, Takumi, Lara, Miles, Chip, and Alaska all spend the night at a barn. They all get a little drunk when Alaska makes up a game where they all share their worst and best day of their life. Alaska opens up, and tells the group that when she was little, one day she was alone at her house with her mom. Then all of a sudden Alaska heard her mom screaming and then saw her jerking frantically! Alaska screamed and was so terrified that she didn't even call 911. She blamed her mom's death on her. On page 119, Alaska says, "...trying to give her CPR, but by then she was plenty dead. Aneurysm. Worst day. I win."

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