Paper Towns, the third book strategically written by John Green towards young adults, was first published on October 16, 2008 by Dutton Books.
This story consists of a senior in high school, Quentin “Q” Jacobsen, who has been loving the mysterious, adventurous, aesthetic, Margo Roth Spiegelman, throughout his entire life. These two characters are the main characters as well.
It all begins a few week before Q’s high school graduation when Margo decides to appear at Q’s window in the middle of the night. Margo said “ So like I said, I need a car. Also I need you to drive it, because I have to do eleven things tonight, and at least five of them involve a getaway man.” (Page 26). What Margo did was ask Q to accompany her on an all-nighter purposed for pranks that included spray paint, black mail, and breaking into Sea World. Q had in thought that this night will reunite their relationship; however, Margo ran away after their all-nighter. Immediately, Q asks his friends Radar, Ben, and Margo’s friend, Lacy, for assistance. Further on in the story Q finds clues, such as a poem, that lead him to an abandoned mall. He then discovers that a few pin holes at the abandoned mall that match the map of New York. These pin holes line up with with a place called Agloe, New York. Q and his friends do some research on the “Omnictionary” and discover that someone has posted the starting population of Agloe. This post had capitalized words throughout the entire sentence; consequently, Q knows that the only person who would randomly capitalize would be Margo. Q and his friend set off on a journey to find her, and throughout their trip they experience near-death situations. When they finally locate Margo they realize that Margo is not the same as before. In Conclusion, the novel ends with Q and Margo kissing, but they realize that their relationship will not be anything more than friends.

I personally enjoyed reading this book for the reason that it was like reading a three part emotional roller coaster. What was extraordinarily impressive was fact that Q was obsessed with Margo even though they went a few years without talking. The most disappointing part of the story was when Margo was extremely annoyed and furious because of her friends coming up to find her. That part was sad because, how can you do that friends that care for you? Furthermore, one thing that could have been changed to ameliorate this book was Margo’s attitude at the finale of the novel. As a result, I would recommend this book to readers who enjoy novels filled with emotional changes and suspense. I would definitely recommend this book to other readers.