ssed with the last words from people who died since he was 12. One of his favorite quotes is “I go to seek a great perhaps”—François Rabelais.

He decides to go to a school named Culvers Creek. He makes a lot of new friends over here including Alaska Young. They share the love of last words from people. Starting the book you can notice that Miles likes Alaska, but Alaska does not notice this. She sets up a triple date for her, the Colonel and Miles. The girl Miles takes on a date is named Lara. Lara and Miles date for like three days until Miles realizes he cannot continue because he is in love with Alaska. All through the book you can read how Miles, with the nickname pudge, falls more and more in love with Alaska. His friends are not a good influence on him. Before he went to Culvers Creek he never drank or smoked before. On Culver Creek he does it on a regular basis. You learn a lot about Miles as you go through the book. About the way he thinks among other things. He is a really outstanding (on his own way) open-minded person.

The second main character Alaska Young is a beautiful, wild and unpredictable person. She has been through a lot in her younger years. She does not have a good tie with her father and her mom died when she was eight. She is really suffering from this, but she does not tell anyone until she is drunk one night. Alaska is the real mystery of this book. You don’t get to know a lot about her through the book. She is very mysterious.

Chip Martin, better known as the Colonel. A big built guy. He is the best friend of Alaska and the roommate of Miles. He used to live in a trailer with his mom, they were not rich but they had a very good tie.

Takumi, a side character. He is a friend of Alaska and Chip. He is really into hip-hop.

Lara, a Romanian student from Culvers Creek. She was a friend of