2009 edgar winner best young adult

High School and Up - Quentin 'Q' Jacobsen considers growing up next door to Margo Roth Spiegelman the miracle of his life. Though they were friends as children, now in high school Q and Margo move in different social circles. Margo is adventurous, popular, idolized; nerdy Q is in the school band crowd, though he himself is not musical. Through the years since their friendship, Q has loved Margo from afar, so when she comes tapping on his window in the night, only a few weeks before graduation, to ensnare Q in one of her wild plans, he can't say no. In the morning, Margo is gone. While many other people in her life believe this is just another one of Margo's awesome adventures, Q can't stop thinking about her cryptic words, clues she seems to have left just for him, and a disturbing event from their childhood. What does Margo mean that she is 'never coming back?'
Paper Towns is a funny and thoughtful mix of teenage introspection and antics. John Green seems well aware of the tropes of young adult literature (the road trip, the party, the unattainable girl) and plays off them to say something really important about what it means to know another person. This novel made number one on YALSA's 2009 Teen's Top Ten. Recommended for all teen collections. ( )

My second book that i read was Paper Towns. John Green wrote this book. I was recomened this book by a class mate. i read the first few pages and knew i would like it. I personaly really liked this book. It was relatable to common day life. Especially the charaters, normal teens. The writing was exciting. deff beleivable.

The main charaters are all teens. In the book it talks about the everyday problems that all teens have that the characters are having. Such as Q. He is the average kid in school. He has a group of friends. He meets them in a certain place at school in the mornings. He has his problems with the jocks. Them teasing. The usual nerd - jock relationship. Q likes the popular beautiful girl that of course has a boyfreind. But they just have more of a event filled life. They like to "explore" and some like to just leave. The story keeps you on your toes.
I knew when i read those first few pages that i would like this book. it seemed normal enough, which i like. i like the day to day teen books. something i can relate to. The problems that go on in this book are relatable.

Reviewed by coollibrarianchick for TeensReadToo.com

I first fell in love with John Green when he came out with the book LOOKING FOR ALASKA. I was equally enchanted with AN ABUNDANCE OF KATHERINES. Last night, I finally finished John Green's latest and greatest addition, PAPER TOWNS. Mind you, I have been trying to finish it for three days crammed between work, work, and more work. It got to the point that something had to give and it was going to be my work, because I just had to finish the book. I read someone else's review and she said that she was tempted to skip to page 305, the last page, to see what happened to one of the main characters, Margo. I want this person to know I was tempted to but, alas, I did not peek either - I was so proud of myself. Besides, waiting until the end made the book even more satisfying.

Reading this book reminded me of the people who I went to high school with - the band geeks, the jocks, the Untouchable popular kids. I knew people that were like Margo, Quentin, Radar, Ben, and Lacey. Some I liked, others I didn't. I get Margo's feeling of needing to get out of the paper town she lives in so she doesn't get even more sucked in.

Would I have done it her way? Probably not, but her way led to some really funny dialogue between the characters and a neat little mystery to figure out.

PAPER TOWNS pulls you in from the beginning. One thing Green does so well is go into detail, painting rich layers seamlessly tying together the characters and their stories.

We read a story about something that happened in Quentin and Margo's childhood and then skip forward many years to a time right before Prom, which Quentin will not go to for any amount of money offered. Things get interesting when Margo shows up at his window dressed liked a ninja, insisting that he has to help her. Mind you, Margo is Quentin's unrequited love, so you tell me, does he go along with Margo's adventure? It only takes a little coaxing, but he sure does. The night, as they accomplish all the things on Margo's list, who is hellbent on revenge, is pretty magical, not just for Quentin but Margo, too.

School the next day was definitely interesting, for lack of a better word. Quentin struggles to say awake in class because their adventure lasted to just about dawn, and then realizes that Margo isn't in school. I am not sure if I would have gone to school, either, after all they had done the night before....

The question will soon become - where is Margo? She has seemingly disappeared, leaving clues for Quentin to find. Will Quentin and his friends figure out the clues, and will they lead to Margo? And if they do, will she be dead or alive? You will just have to read the book to find out.

It will not surprise me one iota if Green walks away with a few awards for this book. Definitely another winner! ( )

Paper Towns was an excellent book. It showed a Young boy named Quentins Love for his neighbor Margo Roth Speigelman. He always admired her from afar, but one day she appeared at his window. After an exciting night of revenge against others at their school Q was really in love. The next day Margo was gone she left behind clues for Q to put together. This was just the begininng of Quentins journey for Margo. ( )