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[[File:Papertowns.jpg|frame|The double cover for the novel- The reason given for the multiple covers is that the main theme of the book is how nobody truly knows anyone, and both images are ways in which people misinterpret Margo Roth Spiegelman.]]▼
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{{quote|''My miracle was that I ended up living next to Margo Roth Spiegelman.
▲{{quote|''My miracle was that I ended up living next to Margo Roth Spiegelman. |''Quentin 'Q' Jacobsen ''}}
▲A young adult novel written by [[John Green]].
High school senior Quentin Jacobsen (known to his friends as "Q") has been in love with his neighbor, the mysterious, beautiful, and adventuresome Margo Roth Spiegelman for as long as he can remember. So when one night she appears at his window to ask for his help in playing revenge pranks, he can't refuse. The two travel to Margo's ex-friend Becca's house, where Margo's boyfriend is cheating on her, along with her boyfriend's house, the house of an old bully, and Sea World, where Margo and Q dance together to an old song playing on the loudspeaker. At the end of the night, Margo leaves Q with a hug and says "I. Will. Miss. Hanging. Out. With. You."
The next day at school, Q is hardly surprised that Margo isn't there. But when no one sees her for days, Q and his friends Radar and Ben begin searching for the clues Margo had apparently left for Q, including a poster of Woody Guthrie on her window, parts of the poem "Song of Myself" by Walt Whitman, and an abandoned mini-mall where she wrote stories from her childhood and explored, with the help of Margo's best friend, Lacey. Using these clues, they must attempt to find the [[Riddle Wrapped in Mystery|riddle wrapped in an enigma]] that is Margo Roth Spiegelman.
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* [[Affectionate Parody]]: Omnictionary is an online encyclopedia which attempts to be a go-to source for everything but tends to suffer from narrow interest pools and vandalism, which should put one in mind of a [[The Other Wiki|certain website that we are not]]. Similarly, Radar is an obvious [[Affectionate Parody]] of the sort of people who ''use'' said site.
* [[Alpha Bitch]]: Becca.
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* [[Defictionalization]]: In-universe - {{spoiler|the "paper town" of Agloe, included as a copyright trap, was made into a general store,}}
** Also, in real universe. Agloe was based on a real "paper town."
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* {{spoiler|[[Did Not Get the Girl]]}}
* [[Disproportionate Retribution]]: Margo's revenge on Lacey, especially {{spoiler|considering the reason for her revenge turned out to be baseless.}}
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