Before. Miles “Pudge” Halter is done with his safe life at home. His whole life has been one big non-event, and his obsession with famous last words has only made him crave “the Great Perhaps” even more (Francois Rabelais, poet). He heads off to the sometimes crazy and anything-but-boring world of Culver Creek Boarding School, and his life becomes the opposite of safe. Because down the hall is Alaska Young. The gorgeous, clever, funny, sexy, self-destructive, screwed up, and utterly fascinating Alaska Young. She is an event unto herself. She pulls Pudge into her world, launches him into the Great Perhaps, and steals his heart. Then. . . .
After. Nothing is ever the same.
沉默寡言的少年迈尔斯因为看到了拉伯雷的遗言，想要“追寻伟大的可能性”，于是转学到阿拉巴马的寄宿学校。在这里，他体验到了一种与以往不同的生活，感受到了新鲜而刺激的课外活动，认识了行为不羁的室友“上校”、喜欢嘻哈音乐的日裔男生拓海，以及聪明而叛逆的女孩阿拉斯加•杨。
阿拉斯加帮数学很差的迈尔斯取得了数学课B 的好成绩，给迈尔斯介绍了女友，带迈尔斯进入了从不敢接近的明日战士们的寝室，让迈尔斯度过了有生以来最棒的一个感恩节。迈尔斯第一次爱上了校园生活，然而他在喜欢并感激阿拉斯加的同时，却不知阿拉斯加正处在自己的人生迷宫中无法自拔。
在大考之后，他们成功实施预演恶作剧后的“谷仓之夜”，男孩们昏昏睡去，阿拉斯加却神秘地失踪了。谁也不清楚阿拉斯加出走时的情形，为了还原真相，迈尔斯和上校展开了调查，结果却出乎他们的意料……
By John Green, Paperback, Simplified Chinese Character, 221 Pages, 8.3"x5.4"
