Paper Towns by John Green, 305 pp RL: TEEN

Paper Towns is John Green's third book and the first I have read. I am an instant admirer. As of this writing, Green has only three titles to his name - Looking for Alaska , his debut novel and winner of the Michael L Printz Award - the teen literature version of the Newbery Award , An Abundance of Katherines and Paper Towns . His most recent book, Will Grayson, Will Grayson was cowritten with the amazing editor and author David Leavithan , who is also the coauthor with Rachel Cohn of one of my all-time favorite teen books, Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist . And, Green is part of the super-teen-triad, along with Maureen Johnson and Lauren Myracle, that created Let it Snow , a collection of three intertwined stories. Despit e the fact that he has only a handful of published works under his belt, Green has made a huge impression on the world of teen literature that will last for years to come. His reputation is big enough that I found myself a bit skeptical wh