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MARCH 24, 2009
Looking For Alaska by John Green

We had a great discussion of Looking For Alaska at the March 24 LOL. Here is a list of recommended books along the lines of  "If You Liked Looking for Alaska...You Might Like:"

The absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian by Sherman Alexie
Thirteen reasons why by Jay Asher
Someday this pain will be useful to you by Peter Cameron
The perks of being a wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Nick and Norah's infinite playlist by Rachel Cohn
Ordinary ghosts by Eireann Corrigan
Born to rock by Gordon Korman
The astonishing adventures of Fanboy & Goth Girl by Barry Lyga
King Dork by Frank Portman
Maybe by Brent Runyon
Saints of Augustine by Patrick Ryan
What my girlfriend doesn't know by Sonya Sones
Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
Blankets (graphic novel) by Craig Thompson
I am the messenger by Markus Zusak

This list came from a list on Novelist (if you are an MPL library customer, you can access the list (with cover art and annotations) yourself by calling 754-5738 to get your login and password).

Lisa L. at LOL also recommended that the books The Dogs of Babel by Carolyn Parkhurst and As Simple As Snow by Gregory Galloway be added to this list.

I would also recommend A Separate Peace by John Knowles, a double recommendation of I am the messenger by Markus Zusak (already recommended above), a book of poetry by Auden (writer of the line"love your crooked neighbour with your crooked heart" in his poem As I Walked Out One Evening), and a book like Quotationary (with an entry on famous last words).









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