Turtles All the Way Down is a young adult novel written by American author John Green. He published this novel on October 10, 2017, by Dutton Books.TurtlesAlltheWayDown(novel)FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopediaJumptonavigationJumptosearchThisarticleisaboutthenovel.Forotheruses,seeTurtlesAlltheWayDown.TurtlesAlltheWayDownFirsteditioncoverAuthorJohnGreenCover artistRodrigoCorralCountryUnitedStatesLanguageEnglishGenreYoungadultnovelRealisticfictionPublishedOctober10,2017PublisherDuttonBooksMedia typePrint(hardcover)Pages286ISBN978-0-525-55536-0(unsignededition);978-0-525-55538-4(signededition)TurtlesAlltheWayDownisayoungadultnovelwrittenbyAmericanauthorJohnGreen.HepublishedthisnovelonOctober10,2017,byDuttonBooks.Itishisfifthsolonovel,andhisseventhoverall.ItspublicationwasannouncedduringVidCon2017,theonlinevideoconferenceco-foundedbyGreenandhisbrotherHank.Itishisfirstpublishedworksincehis2012novelTheFaultinOurStars.ItwasreleasedonOctober10,2017,anddebutedat#1ontheNewYorkTimesbestsellerlist.[1]Contents1Background2Plotsummary3Publicationhistory4Criticalreception5Filmadaptation6ReferencesBackground[edit]Thestorycenterson16-year-oldAzaHolmes,anAmericanhighschoolstudentwithOCDandanxiety,andhersearchforafugitivebillionairewhohappenstobeaneighbor'sfather.Sheisgrievingthelossofherownfatherwhileabuddingrelationshipgrowsbetweenherandthebillionaire'sson.Additionally,thenovelexploresAza'srelationshipwithherbestfriend,Daisy.Theonlyotherdetailsoftheplotrevealedtothepublicbeforereleasewasthatitwastocontain,eitherliterallyorfiguratively,atuatara,StarWarsfanfiction,anunexpectedreunion,friendship,andvaluesoflife.Speakingaboutthenovel,Greenstated:"Thisismyfirstattempttowritedirectlyaboutthekindofmentalillnessthathasaffectedmylifesincechildhood,sowhilethestoryisfictional,itisalsoquitepersonal."[2]Plotsummary[edit]AzaHolmesisa16-year-oldhighschoolstudentlivinginIndianapoliswhostruggleswithOCD,whichoftenmanifestsasafearofthehumanmicrobiome.Constantlyworriedaboutinfection,particularlybyC.diff,s