Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award
2008 · Grades 9-12 · Nominee
About This Book
BEFORE. Miles "Pudge" Halter is done with his safe life at home. His whole life has been one big non-event, and his obsession with famous last words has only made him crave "the Great Perhaps" even more (Francois Rabelais, poet). He heads off to the sometimes crazy and anything-but-boring world of Culver Creek Boarding School, and his life becomes the opposite of safe. Because down the hall is Alaska Young. The gorgeous, clever, funny, sexy, self-destructive, screwed up, and utterly fascinating Alaska Young. She is an event unto herself. She pulls Pudge into her world, launches him into the Great Perhaps, and steals his heart.
AFTER. Nothing is ever the same.
AFTER. Nothing is ever the same.
Awards
Green Mountain Book Award
2008 · Grades 9-12 · Winner
Young Reader's Choice Award
2008 · Senior/Grades 10-12 · Nominee
Buckeye Children's Book Award
2007 · Teen · Nominee
Iowa High School Book Award
2007 · Young Adult · Nominee
Rhode Island Teen Book Award
2007 · Ages 12 & Up · Nominee
Virginia Readers Choice Award
2007 · High School · Nominee
Volunteer State Book Award
2007 · Young Adult · Nominee
Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens
2006 · Fourteen and Up · Recommended
Georgia Peach Book Award for Teen Readers
2006 · Young Adult · Nominee
Heartland Award
2006 · Young Adult · Honor Book
Kentucky Bluegrass Award
2006 · Grades 9-12 · Winner
Tayshas Reading
2006 · Young Adult · Commended
Michael L. Printz Award
2006 · Young Adult · Winner
L.A. Times Book Prize
2005 · Young Adult Literature · Finalist
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