Looking For Alaska, by John Green, opens up with a boy ironically nicknamed Pudge, starting his freshman year at a boarding school in rural Alabama.  He quickly becomes friends with his roommate, The Colonel, and his group of friends.  Among them is a girl named Alaska, Pudge finds her absolutely beautiful in every way, ignoring her self centered personality.  He quickly becomes involved in the groups mischief of smoking cigarettes, planning pranks, and evading the dean of students.  When asked why he decided to go to boarding school, Pudge responds that “It is worth it to leave behind my minor life for grander maybes” (Green.)  He means that is is worth leaving behind a dull, simple life, for the chance at doing something amazing.  This all reminds my of the year and a half I spent at boarding school.  All of the details in the book about the school, and life at the school remind me of the school that I went to.