Alumni students wrote to the local newspaper, the local public librarian created a display with all of Green’s books, and educators made anti-censorship T-shirts and buttons. When the Marion County (Kentucky) High School considered removing the book from the library and senior English curriculum, the community fiercely advocated to keep it in the classrooms. The Printz award-winning novel was challenged for a sexually explicit scene that “may lead a student to sexual experimentation.” The scene involves oral sex between two teenagers, which is depicted as awkward as the pair is unsure what to do. At Culver Creek Boarding School, he joins an eccentric friend circle, which includes Alaska, a rebellious, poetic prankster who will alter his life. Looking for Alaska is told from the perspective of Miles, a teenager who leaves his boring high school to attend a co-ed boarding school and embark on a new adventure, one that is alluded to from the famous last words of authors. 6 on the American Library Association’s Top Ten Challenged Books of 2016. Some students were restricted from exploring “the Great Perhaps.” John Green’s Looking for Alaska ranked No.
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