![]() Overall, however, he is thrilled to finally have friends. Miles spends a lot of time trying to understand her better, although he makes little progress. ![]() Miles is obsessed with famous people’s last words, and Alaska introduces him to the last words of Simón Bolívar, who died wondering how to “escape the labyrinth.” Alaska is often exciting and wild, but she can also be moody and withdrawn. Miles arrives at the school as a smart but lonely junior, and he is determined “to seek a Great Perhaps.” At school he befriends Chip (also known as the Colonel), Alaska, and Takumi, each of whom have a special talent-memorizing facts about other countries, quoting poetry, and freestyle rapping, respectively. The book begins with Miles Halter leaving his home in Florida to attend the Culver Creek boarding school in Birmingham, AL. ![]()
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