Musings, Malapropisms, & More

Last year I found John Green’s An Abundance of Katherines. I read it during our schoolwide Readathon. Laughing out loud in a couple of parts, several students asked to borrow the book. Next, I found his novel Looking for Alaska. Parts of it were also funny, but really it was more poignant.

I was overjoyed to find Paper Towns as an advanced reader copy at a local indie bookstore. I was enchanted by Green’s ability to make the characters resonate as “real” young people with flaws, beauty, and emotions. I don’t want to give away any of the plots, but suffice to say that readers would enjoy any or all of these books. They are the ya books that enchant both adults and teens who want to read stories about smart youth who sometimes make stupid, impulsive choices, yet in the end, a lesson is to be learned or at least felt.