Paper Towns (Winner Of Nutmeg Book Award (High School) 2014)

Description: From the bestselling author of The Fault in our Stars. Quentin Jacobsen has always loved Margo Roth Spiegelman, for Margo (and her adventures) are the stuff of legend at their high school. So when she one day climbs through his window and summons him on an all-night road trip of revenge he cannot help but follow. But the next day Margo doesn't come to school and a week later she is still missing. Q soon learns that there are clues in her disappearance ...and they are for him. But as he gets deeper into the mystery - culminating in another awesome road trip across America - he becomes less sure of who and what he is looking for. Masterfully written by John Green, this is a thoughtful, insightful and hilarious coming-of-age story.

Review: Imagine a hybrid of Scooby Doo and The Catcher in the Rye and you get a little of this novel's flavour The Financial Times Green's prose is astounding - from hilarious, hyperintellectual trash talk and shtick, to complex philosophizing, to devastating observation and truths. He nails it - exactly how a thing feels, looks, affects - page after page School Library Journal Genuine - and genuinely funny - dialogue, a satisfyingly tangled but not unbelievable mystery and delightful secondary characters Kirkus Reviews


Prizes: Winner of Edgar Allan Poe Awards (Young Adult) 2009 and Nutmeg Book Award (High School) 2014. Commended for Tayshas Reading 2009 and Grand Canyon Reader Award (Teen) 2011. Short-listed for Anthony Awards (Children/Young Adult) 2009 and Young Reader's Choice Award (Senior/Grades 10-12) 2011 and Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award (Young Adult) 2010 and Iowa High School Book Award 2011 and Black-Eyed Susan Award (High School) 2010 and Volunteer State Book Awards (Young Adult) 2010 and Rhode Island Teen Book Award 2010 and Sequoyah Book Awards (High School) 2011 and Green Mountain Book Award 2011.


Author Biography: John Green is the New York Times bestselling author of Looking for Alaska, An Abundance of Katherines, Paper Towns, and The Fault in Our Stars. He is also the co-author, with David Levithan, of Will Grayson, Will Grayson. He was 2006 recipient of the Michael L. Printz Award, a 2009 Edgar Award winner and has twice been a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Green's books have been published in more than a dozen languages.

A boy, a girl, some clues and a brilliant road trip across America. From New York Times bestselling author, John Green