Paper Towns
By John Green
ISBN-10: 0525478183
ISBN-13: 978-0525478188
One month before graduating from his Central Florida high school, Quentin "Q" Jacobsen basks in the predictable boring-ness of his life until the beautiful and exciting Margo Roth Spiegelman, Q's neighbor and classmate, takes him on a midnight adventure and then mysteriously disappears.
Many years ago, next door neighbors and childhood friends Quentin and Margo happened across a dead body. Now in high school, Quentin is the quintessential band geek while Margo Roth Spiegelman the quintessential queen bee herself. They are social worlds apart, until the fateful night Margo sneaks into Q’s window demanding his assistance in perform 12 act of revenge. Margo then mysteriously runs away, leaving Quentin with thousands of questions and only a few well placed clues to help him on his way.
Filled with literary references, Green mixes all the feelings surrounding the culmination of high school, the emotions of a secret crush and the mysteries of a disappearance to create Paper towns. Well written and exciting, Green creates not only main, but secondary characters that are well rounded and interesting, characters that are original and realistic. Readers will easily identify with and grow to care for these characters are concerned with the climax.
Green manages to create a story that is thoughtful, emotional and funny (at times) all in one. A great novel that will draw in readers and never let them go.
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