Looking for Alaska

2005 novel by John Green
VisualArtwork literary_work Q1150792
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Looking for Alaska

Summary

Looking for Alaska is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 0.1% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,563 views/month, #29 of 28,446).[2]

Key Facts

  • Looking for Alaska authored John Green[3].
  • Looking for Alaska received the Michael L. Printz Award[4].
  • Looking for Alaska's instance of is recorded as literary work[5].
  • Looking for Alaska's genre is young adult fiction[6].
  • Looking for Alaska's language of work or name is recorded as English[7].
  • Looking for Alaska's country of origin is recorded as United States[8].
  • Looking for Alaska was released on March 2005[9].
  • Looking for Alaska's has edition or translation is recorded as Looking for Alaska[10].
  • Looking for Alaska's has edition or translation is recorded as Looking for Alaska[11].
  • Looking for Alaska's has edition or translation is recorded as Q137643448[12].
  • Looking for Alaska's has edition or translation is recorded as Q138507612[13].
  • Looking for Alaska's number of pages is recorded as {'amount': '+250'}[14].
  • Looking for Alaska's nominated for is recorded as Michael L. Printz Award[15].
  • Looking for Alaska's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Looking for Alaska'}[16].
  • Looking for Alaska's has characteristic is recorded as debut novel[17].
  • Looking for Alaska's intended public is recorded as young adult[18].
  • Looking for Alaska's derivative work is recorded as Looking for Alaska[19].
  • Looking for Alaska's form of creative work is recorded as short story[20].

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Authorship and Creation

Looking for Alaska authored John Green[3].

Publication

Looking for Alaska was released on March 2005[9]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[7]. Its genre is young adult fiction[6].

Reception

Looking for Alaska received the Michael L. Printz Award[4].

Why It Matters

Looking for Alaska ranks in the top 0.1% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,563 views/month, #29 of 28,446).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

FAQs

What awards did Looking for Alaska receive?

Honors received include Michael L. Printz Award[4].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . ala.org. ala.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . ala.org. ala.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 23
    Wikipedia languages → ['bg', 'cs', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fi', 'fr', 'he', 'hy', 'id', 'it', 'ky', 'mr', '
    Gnd id → 1038463858
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 21w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Language of work or name → English
    Genre → —
    Country of origin → United States
    Form of creative work → short story
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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