Paper Towns

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After a crazy night of revenge and a crazy plan the love of Quentin Jacobsen's life, Margo Roth Spiegelman disappears. For days Quentin, Margo's family, and her friends worry about what has happened to her. As a detective is talking with Margo's family he asks to see her bedroom, while he is in there he pulls the blinds down and inadvertently reveals a clue to Margo's whereabouts. This spurs Quentin on a wild goose chase looking for more clues to find Margo and where she is hiding. On this quest he makes more friends than he ever thought he would have, gets closer with the friends he already has, and learns more about himself and Margo than he ever thought he'd know. As Quentin and his friends are solving the clues they figure out where Margo is hiding, but the last clue says that she will only be in that place for a couple more hours. So Quentin and his friends skip graduation and drive through the night to get to Margo in time. But, when they arrive Margo, it turns out, doesn't want to be found. Many of the clues were just remnants of her planning her escape and ended up accidentally leading them to her. Quentin convinces Margo to call her family and keep in touch. After parting ways Quentin is glad that they found her and it gives him a sort of closure. 

John Green is a fantastic writer and I would recommend that if a reader enjoyed reading this book that they give the rest of his books a try. This book is perfect for anyone who enjoys YA novels that are in the realistic fiction genre. I would recommend that this book be mainly for high school students, as much of the material would be inappropriate for younger readers. When reading the section in the textbook about observations about books there were a few books that jumped out at me. (p. 32-33)  Paper Towns, by John Green is a great example of a mystery that has excitement and pulls the reader in as they go along with Quentin to find Margo.

Citation

Green, J. (2008). Paper towns. New York, NY: Speak.