![]() ![]() Although it has someone cliché fantasy characters, the way it effectively creates a fictional backstory to a legendary figure is well done. The author definitely painted a very strong image of the tone and setting for the story. The Lost Years has a mysterious fairy tale aura that will be appealing for younger audiences. Without knowing it, Emrys' little adventure may not only change the course of history, but reveal more about his past than he had expected. Emrys joins with his new friends in an attempt to save the declining land. Ficayra's beauty is gradually becoming more corrupted by the evil King Stangmar and his warrior goblins who terrorize the land. ![]() Now at sea, Emrys discovers a mesmerizing island known as Ficayra, where he comes ashore and makes some friends. He hopes to find some answers to the question of his forgotten past and identity. Stubborn and restless, Emrys leaves his world behind and goes back to the sea where he was first abandoned. As he grows up, the boy - known to others as Emrys - finds that he is different from his peers, and wields some extraordinary but dangerous powers that he soon despises and fears. The accounts of his youth, known as his “lost years,” started when a small, nameless boy washed up on the shores of Wales, with no memory or knowledge of his identity. Years before he became a powerful wizard and mentor to King Author, Merlin had a mysterious childhood. ![]()
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Throughout the 'Before' section of the novel, Miles and his friends Chip "The Colonel" Martin, Alaska Young, and Takumi Hikohito grow very close and the section culminates in Alaska's death. Looking for Alaska follows the novel's main character and narrator Miles Halter, or "Pudge," to boarding school where he goes to seek a "Great Perhaps," the famous last words of François Rabelais. The characters and events of the plot are grounded in Green's life, while the story itself is fictional. ![]() Based on his time at Indian Springs School, Green wrote the novel as a result of his desire to create meaningful young adult fiction. ![]() Looking for Alaska is American author John Green‘s debut novel, published in March 2005 by Dutton Juvenile. ![]() ![]() ![]()
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