Books like Looking for Alaska by John Green
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Genre
- Young adult fiction
What it is about
Ages
- Young Adult
- Ages 14+
Awards
- Michael L. Printz Award
About this book
Its Library of Congress subjects: Interpersonal relations, Boarding schools, Schools, Death. It is listed for an audience of young adults.
Where this comes from: Library of Congress · Wikidata
Books like this one
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Why: Both are young adult books about boarding schools.
- Young adult
- Boarding schools
What both books share
- young adult
Looking for Alaska: "young adult fiction" (WD genre); "young adult" (WD intended public)
Anna and the French Kiss: "young adult fiction" (WD genre); "young adult" (WD intended public) - boarding schools
Looking for Alaska: "Boarding schools" (OL subject); "Boarding schools, fiction" (OL subject); "Boarding schools -- Fiction." (LoC 650)
Anna and the French Kiss: "Boarding schools" (OL subject); "Boarding schools -- Fiction." (LoC 650)
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Why: Both are books about boarding schools.
What both books share
- boarding schools
Looking for Alaska: "Boarding schools" (OL subject); "Boarding schools, fiction" (OL subject); "Boarding schools -- Fiction." (LoC 650)
A Great and Terrible Beauty: "Boarding schools" (OL subject); "Boarding schools -- Fiction." (LoC 650)
- boarding schools
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Why: Both are young adult books about boarding schools.
- Young adult
- Boarding schools
What both books share
- young adult
Looking for Alaska: "young adult fiction" (WD genre); "young adult" (WD intended public)
Winger: "young adult" (WD intended public) - boarding schools
Looking for Alaska: "Boarding schools" (OL subject); "Boarding schools, fiction" (OL subject); "Boarding schools -- Fiction." (LoC 650)
Winger: "Boarding schools" (OL subject); "Boarding schools -- Fiction." (LoC 650)
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Why: Both are books about death and schools.
What both books share
- death
Looking for Alaska: "Death" (OL subject); "Death, Grief, Bereavement" (OL subject); "Death, fiction" (OL subject); "YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Death & Dying" (OL subject)
A Separate Peace: "Death" (OL subject); "Death -- Fiction." (LoC 650) - schools
Looking for Alaska: "Schools" (OL subject); "Schools -- Fiction." (LoC 650)
A Separate Peace: "Schools" (OL subject); "Schools -- Fiction." (LoC 650)
- death
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Why: Both are books about boarding schools.
What both books share
- boarding schools
Looking for Alaska: "Boarding schools" (OL subject); "Boarding schools, fiction" (OL subject); "Boarding schools -- Fiction." (LoC 650)
The Golden Lily: "Boarding schools" (OL subject); "Boarding schools, fiction" (OL subject); "Boarding schools -- Fiction." (LoC 650)
- boarding schools
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The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks Adult
E. Lockhart · 2008
about 180 pages
Cover from Google BooksWhy: Both are books about boarding schools.
What both books share
- boarding schools
Looking for Alaska: "Boarding schools" (OL subject); "Boarding schools, fiction" (OL subject); "Boarding schools -- Fiction." (LoC 650)
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks: "Boarding schools, fiction" (OL subject); "Boarding schools -- Fiction." (LoC 650)
- boarding schools
What they share, at a glance
Looking for Alaska next to each book above. A dot means both books' records carry that fact.
| Book | Boarding schools | Young adult | Death | Schools |
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| Anna and the French Kiss | shared | shared | not shared | not shared |
| A Great and Terrible Beauty | shared | not shared | not shared | not shared |
| Winger | shared | shared | not shared | not shared |
| A Separate Peace | not shared | not shared | shared | shared |
| The Golden Lily | shared | not shared | not shared | not shared |
| The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks | shared | not shared | not shared | not shared |
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