What award was given to John Green's first novel, published in March 2005 by Dutton Juvenile,that in 2014 a film adaptation opened at number one at the box office?
Looking for Alaska Looking for Alaska is John Green's first novel, published in March 2005 by Dutton Juvenile. It won the 2006 Michael L. Printz Award from the American Library Association, and led the association's list of most-challenged books for 2015 due to profanity and sexually explicit scenes. The story is told through teenager Miles Halter as he enrolls at a boarding school to try to gain a deeper perspective on life, and was inspired by Green's experiences as a high school student.
Skipping Christmas Skipping Christmas is a comedy novel by John Grisham. It was published by Doubleday on November 6, 2001 and reached #1 on "The New York Times" Best-Seller List on December 9 that year. The book was adapted for the film "Christmas with the Kranks" (2004) by screenwriter Chris Columbus, recorded by actor Dennis Boutsikaris, and released as a 4-CD audiobook by Random House Audio Publishing Group in October 2006.