Paper Towns plays out over the last six weeks of Q’s senior year. His friends are preoccupied with Prom and Graduation. Q’s focus is Margo Roth Spiegelman. Neighbors for most of their lives, Q and Margo have never really been friends. They orbit in entirely different social circles at school. His best friends are in the band. She is the queen of the social scene. One night Margo appears at Q’s window and invites him along on an all-night prank spree. They day after their adventure, Margo disappears. Where is she? Is she dead? Can Q follow the clues to find her? Should he? What’s more important: what to wear under his graduation gown or finding Margo? Fans of Mark Zusak’s I am the Messenger will find much to love here. Paper Towns presents a great mix of laugh out loud funny with moments of contemplation. How well do we really know the people who are our friends? Do we let people see the real us or only a mask of what we want them to think of us? What happens when you encounter cows on the middle of the highway during a 24 hour all night road trip to New York state powered on enthusiasm, caffeine, and beef jerky?
