John Green
2 books analyzed
Biography
John Green (born 1977) attended Indian Springs School, a boarding school in Alabama, which served as the primary model for Culver Creek. He has said that the novel emerged from his friendships at that school, particularly the experience of losing someone he cared about suddenly. Green was working as a student chaplain at a children's hospital when he was writing an early draft — an experience that sharpened his thinking about death, grief, and the question of meaning in the face of loss. Looking for Alaska was his debut novel and won the 2006 Printz Award for excellence in young adult literature.
John Green at a glance
Works
Looking for Alaska
2005 · 221 pages · ★☆☆☆☆ Accessible
A boy obsessed with famous last words falls in love with a girl who is looking for the way out of the labyrinth — and doesn't survive to find it.
The Fault in Our Stars
2012 · 313 pages · ★☆☆☆☆ Accessible
A love story that refuses to lie about dying — and somehow that makes it the most alive book you'll ever read.
Diction Across Works
colloquial-literary
smart-casual with literary registers