This book really impressed me. This is not something I would consider "young adult" even though the characters are in high school and the entire story takes place at a boarding school. To me, young adult novels are shallow, ridiculous and induce uncontrollable eye rolling in me. This was so deep I'm not even sure it had a bottom! Wow. The characters grew on me till I felt like I was reading about my life and my friends. This book gave me experiences so real I feel like I have gained memories of a time in my life that I never knew existed- like I recovered from amnesia or something! Amazing. This is the story of a boy named Miles and his experiences of leaving home and attending boarding school in the south. He picks up bad habits, gets mixed up in an old feud, makes incredible friends and finds a girl named Alaska. He learns a little bit about life, love, friendship and loss. Now that the story is over... I miss my friends. I might have to read this one again some day. 
 Character Casting: 
 Miles: Jesse Eisenberg 
 Alaska: Jennifer Lawrence 
 The Colonel: Tom Hardy