Green, J.
(2008). Paper towns. New York: Dutton Books. Retrieved June 24,
2016, from southtexas.libaryreserve.com.
Summary: Quentin Jacobsen is a seventeen-year-old living in an
Orlando-area high school. He has been in love with his childhood best friend,
Margo, his entire life. Quentin is an intelligent boy and Margo has a
reputation for being tough and cool. When they were nine years old, he and
Margo shared a discovery that changed their lives forever. After the discovery
they drifted apart as friends. Then a few weeks before high school graduation
Margo appears at Quentin’s window in the middle of the night so he will
accompany her on an all-nighter of pranks. Quentin thinks that this night will
bring him and Margo together again as friends. However, Margo runs away after
their adventures. Quentin turns to his friends, for help in an attempt to find
her. They eventually skip their high school graduation and go on a
cross-country trip to find or “save her.” Margo has left clues in the hopes
that he will find her. Along the way, Quentin realizes that Margo is not really
the person that he thought he knew. The central conflict of this novel is the
journey that Quentin, the protagonist makes as he battles with his love and
infatuation for Margo and comes to realize the difference between the Margo he
loves and the real Margo who is actually shown to be a rather callous and
unthinking individual, as shown by her night of pranks that she insists Quentin
joins her on.
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