"That is the fear: I have lost something important, and I cannot find it, and I need it. It is fear like if someone lost his glasses and went to the glasses store and they told him that the world had run out of glasses and he would just have to do without" (p.144).
Miles Halter (A.K.A Pudge) begins this story 136 days before it happened. Inspired by last words he leaves home to attend Culver Creek boarding school, where he hopes to find Simon Bolivar's Great Perhaps.
At Culver Creek he befriends a group of pranksters: Chip (A.K.A Colonel), the roommate with both an extraordinary memory a taste for trouble. Alaska is impulsive, troubled, and beautiful. Takumi and Lara are additional sidekicks.
Will they make it through the labyrinth of life and discover the Great Perhaps?
***Recommended to anyone and everyone who enjoys realistic fiction. It will stick with you. This is a great book!
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