Paper Towns by John Green

Paper Towns by John Green is about Quentin, a high school senior who gets roped into a night of wild adventure with his next-door neighbor, Margo Roth Spiegelman. Quentin and Margo used to be friends, back in elementary school. But, the drifted apart as their different personalities, styles, and friends changed over the years. Quentin has always admired Margo from afar - maybe even loved her - but has never had the courage to do anything about it. One night Margo appeared in all black outside Quentin's window, and convinced him to perform 11 crazy stunts one night. These students included leaving a rotting catfish in her former friend's car, using a cream to remove the eyebrow of a bully, and breaking in to Sea World! The next day, Margo disappears. This is not uncommon - Margo has run away in the past. This time, however, she has left a series of clues, seemingly specifically for Quentin, leading to her whereabouts. Quentin and his friends embark on an interesting journey through the last month of their high school experience, to find Margo before it's too late.

This was a really interesting book. It is definitely for a more mature audience, due to language and physical situations. There were a lot of references to poetry by Walt Whitman, and the idea of finding oneself. It really gave me a lot to think about!