Even a boring narrator can make a pretty awesome book.

Dear Joshua, Looking for Alaska by John Green is an excellent book. I just want to put that out there. The narrator, Miles, is a high school student who's from Florida and is attending a bording school in Alabama. He is the most boring character ever. But this is what makes him so special. He comes from a normal family, had no friends in Florida, is an excellent student that doesn't need to try very hard, etc. He is a blank canvas. When he moves to Alabama, everything in new to him. All the emotional problems, the grudges, even difficult classes, amaze him. He is in constant awe at an age when most kids are sensitized. Miles is quickly taken in by his roommate, the Colonial and is given his own nickname, Pudge, because is anything but. He meets Alaska for the first time and is (surprise!) amazed by how beautiful she is. Alaska is an extremely strong female presence with a feminist attitude. In class we discussed how there are no macho characters in Looking for Alaska and how all of the boys seem to respect Alaska and her womanhood and are careful of what they say around her. If you want a book with some good pranks in it, this one would be pretty solid. Pudge and his friends like to prank, as it is the school tradition. The Weekday Warriors (those who are rich enough to go home every weekend) are the primary target and the WW try to call a truce after the pranks. But the main characters won't have any of it. They prank on principle, not because they are bored. I don't want to give away any more of the book, but I will say that Pudge is very fond of people's last words. The last words he uses the most are from Francois Rabelais, a poet: "I go to seek a Great Perhaps." This is the overall theme. What is this Great Perhaps? Are we looking for it in life or in death? Is it something we can see? Feel? Or simply understand? Read the book, you might find out.