John Green's LOOKING for ALASKA-Finds Similar Ground from His Other Novels

John Green is a NYT's best selling author in the young adult (Y/A) genre.  Green finds fault with this classification.  He has been awarded the Michael Printz award for LOOKING for ALASKA and the Edgar Award for PAPER TOWNS.  Both PAPER TOWNS & The FAULT in OUR STARS have been made into popular movies.  And, both these 2 novels have similar material found in LOOKING for ALASKA.  Alas, it is legal to self-plagarize but it serves to ward off reading multiple Green's coming of age, buddy bonding, prank pulling, 1st sexual experience and infatuation books. (My recommendation is The Fault in OUR STARS.)  In LOOKING for ALASKA, Miles (Pudge) heads to boarding school where his ho-hum existence goes through a major metamorphosis,"for the 1st time in {his} life-the fear & excitement of living in a place where {he} never know{s} what's going to happen or when."  The reader knows Pudge is in for the time of his life with both epiphanies and tragedy.  Green's talent lies in his ability to capture the essence of teen temperament & temptation.  His Y/A writing rises above the genre with literary, philosophical lessons camouflaged within high school raucous.  LOOKING for ALASKA pays homage to literary giants Green obviously admires.  Religious studies are covered in the guise of Miles' religious studies course (of course.)  Green was a divinity student.  Miles grapples with questions of life's meanings & an after-life while studying Buddhist, Muslim and Christianity view points.  I suggest seeking enlightenment elsewhere.