Paper Towns

By Green, John

Publishers Summary:
One month before graduating from his Central Florida high school, Quentin "Q" Jacobsen basks in the predictable boringness of his life until the beautiful and exciting Margo Roth Spiegelman, Q's neighbor and classmate, takes him on a midnight adventure and then mysteriously disappears.

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ISBN
978-0-52547-818-8
Publisher
Dutton


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School Library Journal

Reviewed on October 1, 2008

Gr 9-Up Quentin Jacobsen, 17, has been in love with his next-door neighbor, Margo Roth Spiegelman, for his entire life. A leader at their Central Florida high school, she has carefully cultivated her badass image. Quentin is one of the smart kids. His parents are therapists and he is, above all things, "goddamned well adjusted." He takes a rare risk when Margo appears at his window in the middle of the night. They drive around righting wrongs via her brilliant, elaborate pranks. Then she runs away (again). H...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Horn Book Magazine

Reviewed on September 1, 2008

Green's latest ode to suburban disconnect, feminine inscrutability, and the euphoria of seizing the moment opens with a dusk-'til-dawn spree of inventive mischief and ends with a snort-milk-out-your-nose-hilarious road trip. Though their friendship faltered in adolescence, staid, ironic Quentin has idolized Margo Roth Spiegelman, the enigmatic girl next door, forever. She enlists him for a wildly cathartic night of pranking at the end of their senior year only...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Horn Book Guide

Reviewed on January 1, 2008

Staid, ironic Quentin idolizes Margo Roth Spiegelman, the enigmatic girl next door. She enlists him for a night of pranks on...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Junior Library Guild

Reviewed on October 1, 2008

In Paper Towns, John Green creates memorable characters with humorous, smart, and realistic dialogue that will satisfy his fans and earn him new ones. Whether reading about a breakneck road trip or about Quentin and Margo breaking into Sea World in the middle of the night, readers will be highly entertained. However, Paper Towns isn’t just a fun story, it is also an intriguing examination of image and identity. “Margo was not a miracle,” Quentin says. “She was not an adventure. She was not a fine and...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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