{"product_id":"looking-for-alaska","title":"Looking for Alaska","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"216\" data-end=\"538\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"216\" data-end=\"236\"\u003eLooking for Alaska\u003c\/em\u003e follows Miles “Pudge” Halter as he leaves home for boarding school in search of what he calls “the Great Perhaps.” There, he meets Alaska Young—brilliant, reckless, magnetic—and is pulled into a tight-knit group of friends bound by humor, mischief, and late-night conversations about life and meaning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"540\" data-end=\"734\"\u003eWhat begins as a coming-of-age story shifts into something deeper and more painful, asking questions about grief, guilt, forgiveness, and whether we can ever truly understand the people we love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"736\" data-end=\"850\"\u003eThis is a book about intensity—of friendship, of first love, of loss—and the way certain people change us forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"953\" data-end=\"971\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"953\" data-end=\"971\"\u003eWhy we love it\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"973\" data-end=\"1168\"\u003eBecause it captures teenage emotion without talking down to it.\u003cbr data-start=\"1036\" data-end=\"1039\"\u003eBecause it doesn’t offer easy answers to hard questions.\u003cbr data-start=\"1095\" data-end=\"1098\"\u003eBecause it trusts young readers with complexity, grief, and ambiguity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1170\" data-end=\"1252\"\u003eThis book stays with you—not because of what happens, but because of how it feels.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1254\" data-end=\"1442\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1254\" data-end=\"1269\"\u003ePerfect for\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYA readers • fans of emotionally driven stories • readers who like books that ask big questions • teens navigating identity, loss, and belonging • book clubs and classrooms\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Amazon","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":52406413623480,"sku":"9780142402511","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":53450902798520,"sku":"9780525428022","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0887\/4029\/8936\/files\/looking_for_alaska.jpg?v=1766530008","url":"https:\/\/www.bookshopetc.com\/products\/looking-for-alaska","provider":"BOOK\/SHOP, etc.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}