It was banned for their explicit content with sexual descriptions. The ban mainly effected it presence in schools or libraries. This book has been reviewed as more controversial than Fifty Shades of Grey. The movie has been rumored to have a movie adaptation and has a public list of cast that will be acting in the adaptation. John green is the writer of Looking for Alaska. The book was based around his life, about another person that died while he was a student at Indian Springs 

1.     Who is John Green? 

John Green is the New York Times best selling author of Looking for Alaska, An Abundance of Katherines, Paper Towns, The Fault in our Stars and Trutles all the way dow. He’s one half of the Vlogbrothers on youtube and co-creator of educational series crash course. He is also the coauthor, with David Levithan, of Will Grayson, Will Grayson. He was the 2006 recipient of the Michael L. Printz Award, a 2009 Edgar Award winner, and has twice been a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Green’s books have been published in more than 55 languages and over 24 million copies are in print. John is also an active Twitter user with more than 5.4 million followers.

2.     Why was the book banned?

The book was banned for having explicit content, meaning sexual behavior, drug usage and cuss words. It was banned in all schools of america and in permission to use it you have to send home permission slips to the parents so they can contemplate what they want their kids to read.

3.     Is the book based on John’s life experience?

The novel is heavily based off John Green's early life. As he explains, "I myself was once a guy from Florida who was obsessed with the dying words of famous people and then left home to attend a boarding school in Alabama." He goes on to explain that while the novel is fictional, the setting is not. 

4.     Will the book be made into a film or tv series?

Yes there will be a tv series about looking for Alaska, and they just announced the actors for the leading roles last October. It took 13 years for the book to become a film.
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2.The book was the most complained about book of 20015 in America for its ‘Offensive language’ and ‘sexually explicit description’. 

 

 

3.The book is heavily based off John Greens early life. He say’s “I myself was once a guy from Florida who was obsessed with the dying words of famous people and then left home to attend boarding school in Alabama.” He based the entire setting off of his high school. Characters are loosely based on his high school experience. 

 

 

 

4.The Book has already been made into a TV mini-series and it is on Hulu 

 

 

 

 

John Green was born in 24th of august 1977 which makes him 42 years old today. He was born in Indianapolis and went to Glenridge middle school, Lake Highland preparatory school, Indian Springs school and then he went to Kenyon College and graduated from there the year of 2000. Since then he has now become a youtube vlogger who posts videos of himself, he is also an American author, producer and an educator. 

His first novel Looking for Alaska was banned in a high school in the united states for containing what a governor described as filth. References to sex, alcohol, drugs and profanity.

Many have fought back against the ban sparking a free speech debate.

Looking for Alaska was based on his experience at Indian Springs where he experienced school itself and teen romance but was fictionalized as Culver Creek Preparatory High School. 

In May 2018 it was announced that the book Looking for Alaska would be made into a Hulu series. Looking for Alaska hails from Paramount TV and Fake Empire, the production company run by Schwart and Stephanie Savage.

John Michael Green is the New York Times bestselling author of Looking for Alaska, An Abundance of Katherines, Paper Towns, Fault in our stars and many more. 

He was born August 24, 1977 in Indianapolis. His parents are Mike and Sydney Green. 

John Green has a brother named Hank Green and together they have a YouTube channel called VlogBrothers. 

John graduated from Kenyon College in 2000 with a double major in English and religious studies. 

He is an American author, vlogger, producer, and educator.

Won the 2006 Printz Award for Looking for Alaska. ( Printz Award is an American Library Association literary award  that annually recognizes the "best book written for teens, based entirely on its literary merit).

John Green is married to a woman named Sydney Green and they have been married since May 2006. 

Looking for Alaska is John Greens first book and was published in 2005.

 

2.    Why was the book banned?

The book Looking for Alaska was banned because of it’s ‘offensive language’ and ‘sexually explicit descriptions’.

The book was banned in every High School in America and it took 13 years to allow it.

John argued back to this by saying “Text is meaningless without context. What usually happens with Looking for Alaska is that a parent chooses one page of the novel to send to an administrator and then the book gets banned without anyone who objects to it having read more than that one particular page”. 

 

3.    Is the book based on John’s life experience?

The book is a teen romance inspired by his experiences at Indian Springs, fictionalized as Culver Creek Preparatory High School. Indian Springs is the main inspiration for Looking for Alaska.

 

4.    Will the book be made into a film /tv series? 

 
It’s estimated that a Hulu tv series will be made for Looking for Alaska. Charlie Plummer will play Miles Halter and Kristine Froseth will play the titular Alaska Young.