Book Bearings
Paper Towns
- 367 pages · about 6 hours
- First published 2008
- 51 editions
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1 About this book
Quentin Jacobsen, known as Q, is a month from graduating from high school in suburban Orlando, Florida, and has been fascinated by his neighbor Margo Roth Spiegelman since they were children. One night she appears at his window and takes him along on a midnight adventure. The next day she has disappeared. With his friends Ben, Radar and Lacey, Q sets out to find her, piecing together what he can learn about who she really is. John Green's novel was published in 2008.
- Coming of age
- Mystery
- Bildungsromans
- Romance
- Friendship
- Missing persons
- High school students
- Revenge
2 What to expect
A young adult novel that begins as a mystery: a cautious high-school senior searches for the adventurous girl next door, who vanishes after one wild night. It becomes a road trip and a comedy of friendship, and its real subject is how we imagine other people instead of seeing them. The voice is quick, funny and bookish, and the book is in three parts, each built around a metaphor.
Good for readers who want: a witty young adult novel, a road trip with friends, and a search for a missing girl.
3 About John Green
Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
4 More by John Green
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