Title of the Book: Into the Wild  Author: Jon Krakauer Number of Pages: 150 Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆ Review:
"Into the Wild" is a book about a kid Christopher McCandless who chooses to abandon his life and take an incredible journey into the wilderness of Alaska. He abandons every material possessions he has, drops out of college, and starts on his odyssey. Christopher was born into a middle class family in California, the majority of the book is his trek hitchhiking stopping in various points America touching the peoples life's that he meets on the way.
What makes this book unique is Krakauer inputs his own story into the book. He puts his life into the pages of this book. For example he puts in a chapter halfway through the book about his own personal experience doing the same thing that Chris did when he was younger. Making you empathize to a certain extent with the Chris' situation.
The book's style is adventure I would say it draws you into the book then it takes you on a journey as you become more connected to Chris you see a man you lives for the journey and throws away everything for it.  A memorable point of this book is when Chris goes to college and insists bringing his gun and hunting knife. His parents are concerned on what the roommate will think about their son but by the first month the kid drops out and Chris made the Dean's list.
I would recommend this book to the every day person it gives you like a certain reprieve from everyday life and helps you learn about a guy who actually did what you daydream about. Running away into the wilderness.