The only way Looking for Alaska could work in this moment is with a broadening of voices and more explicit exploration of themes like sexuality, consent, mental health, race and privilege - and fortunately, that’s what the eight-episode series delivers. Today’s TV landscape features shows like HBO’s Gen Z hit Euphoria, Netflix’s controversial 13 Reasons Why and candid Sex Education, and major-network sitcoms and dramas that present diverse depictions of family and teen life. ( Many, including Green himself, have wrestled with the way in which he deals with this trope in his books.) But everything looks different in the light of 2019’s political landscape and evolving social norms, and so the novel Looking for Alaska - originally told entirely through Miles’ eyes - can feel dated, at the very least for its fixation with what some have deemed an early version of the Manic Pixie Dream Girl. In 2005, the book was a revelation for its clear-eyed depiction of teen angst and love, and a generation of readers grew up smitten with the inscrutable Alaska, infatuated Miles and feisty Chip. They still keep a video blog, now called "The Vlog Brothers," which can be found on the Nerdfighters website, or a direct link here.But beneath the surface, Green’s story has gotten a facelift for our present moment. In 2007, John and his brother Hank were the hosts of a popular internet blog, " Brotherhood 2.0," where they discussed their lives, books and current events every day for a year except for weekends and holidays.
The film rights for all his books, with the exception of Will Grayson Will Grayson, have been optioned to major Hollywood Studios.
Green has also coauthored a book with David Levithan called Will Grayson, Will Grayson, published in 2010. The book also topped the New York Times Children's Paperback Bestseller list for several weeks. The praise included rave reviews in Time Magazine and The New York Times, on NPR, and from award-winning author Markus Zusak. In January 2012, his most recent novel, The Fault in Our Stars, was met with wide critical acclaim, unprecedented in Green's career. His next novel, Paper Towns, is a New York Times bestseller and won the Edgar Allen Poe Award for Best YA Mystery.
Printz Award Honor Book and a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. His second novel, An Abundance of Katherines, was a 2007 Michael L.
Printz Award presented by the American Library Association. John Green's first novel, Looking for Alaska, won the 2006 Michael L. Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.
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