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John Green

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in Indianapolis, The United States
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January 2013


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John Green's first novel, Looking for Alaska, won the 2006 Michael L. Printz Award presented by the American Library Association. His second novel, An Abundance of Katherines, was a 2007 Michael L. Printz Award Honor Book and a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. His next novel, Paper Towns, is a New York Times bestseller and won the Edgar Allen Poe Award for Best YA Mystery. In January 2012, his most recent novel, The Fault in Our Stars, was met with wide critical acclaim, unprecedented in Green's career. The praise included rave reviews in Time Magazine and The New York Times, on NPR, and from award-winning author Markus Zusak. The book also
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The Fault in Our Stars

4.29 avg rating — 2,214,131 ratings — published 2012 — 217 editions
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Looking for Alaska

4.11 avg rating — 758,774 ratings — published 2005 — 174 editions
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Paper Towns

3.91 avg rating — 615,666 ratings — published 2008 — 164 editions
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An Abundance of Katherines

3.65 avg rating — 318,824 ratings — published 2006 — 107 editions
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Will Grayson, Will Grayson

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Let it Snow

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Zombicorns (Zombicorns, #1)

3.76 avg rating — 5,912 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions
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John Green Box Set (4 Books)

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John Green - The Collection

4.60 avg rating — 2,191 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions
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December 2012, John Green
"A tour bus. Screaming fans. One hundred and fifty thousand presale autographs. It might sound like a pop album release, but this was the frenzy that accompanied the publication of young adult author John Green's latest book, The Fault in Our Stars. Some of the early excitement came from Green's loyal online followers, dubbed Nerdfighters (though they're more nerd lovers), who tune in weekly to the author and his brother's funny, frenetic vlog. These are also the readers who propelled his earlier books to success, including Looking for Alaska (2005), An Abundance of Katherines (2006), and Paper Towns (2008) as well as the collaborative " ...More

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The Fault In Our Stars (Literature & Fiction)
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" Kat (Le Pauvre Cœur) wrote: "Hey John. Did you know that the first time I found out about your book Looking For Alaska, I literally thought it was abo ...more "
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“As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.”
John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

“My thoughts are stars I cannot fathom into constellations.”
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“Sometimes, you read a book and it fills you with this weird evangelical zeal, and you become convinced that the shattered world will never be put back together unless and until all living humans read the book.”
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Hey Beauties,

September 21-27, 2014 is Banned Books Week. In honor of the first amendment, I have picked a few challenged or banned books for us to vote on for our September book. The selections range from classic to contemporary.

"The books the world calls immoral are the books that show the world its own shame" --Oscar Wilde Oscar Wilde

Brave New World/ Brave New World Revisited Brave New World/Brave New World Revisited by Aldous Huxley Aldous Huxley
 
  2 votes, 50.0%

1984 1984 by George Orwell George Orwell
 
  1 vote, 25.0%

Looking for Alaska Looking for Alaska by John Green John Green
 
  1 vote, 25.0%

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie Sherman Alexie
 
  0 votes, 0.0%

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87031 Ask John Green - January 23, 2013 — 5523 members — last activity Nov 12, 2016 10:01AM
Join us on Wednesday, January 23, 2013 for a special discussion with award winning author John Green. John will be discussing his work, including his ...more



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