Alaska a teenage girl who is diagnosed with terminal cancer, who finds out what love is really like. Along the way she also meets a young kid, Ethan who is diagnosed with luekemia but is given longer than expected because of Alaskas selflessness. Alaska also meets Liam, Ethans seventeen year old brother, who is a college jock and the last person Alaska would expect to take any interest in her, especially in her state. This book is a reminder of what reality is like and what can change too quickly. You wont forget it for a long time.