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John and Hank return to Hank's old high school, Winter Park High School, on the Turtles tour (2017)

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On the 2017 Turtles All the Way Down tour John and Hank visited Hank's old school, Winter Park High School, where students had made a paper town for them. A few days later Hank reflected on going back.

Part of: Turtles All the Way Down tour: John and Hank's US book tour (2017)

Told alongside: 'Look at tiny baby Hank': John shows Hank's high school yearbook photo (2017)

About: Winter Park High School, Paper Towns

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2017-10-17 told At Hank's old high school John signs books and thanks the Winter Park High School students who made a paper town and got them t-shirts and green room chairs. Look at Tiny Baby Hank 00:00:38
2017-10-20 retold This week (week of 16 October 2017) Hank went back to Winter Park High School, a place of good times and bad times but mostly just times, an experience that doesn't fit well into his brain. Places Made of People: Thoughts from My Old High School 00:00:00

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  • 2017-10-17 · Look at Tiny Baby Hank — John: The students got Hank's high school yearbook; John shows 'tiny baby Hank' and a caption of Hank and a classmate surfing the 'net who believe all seniors should get internet privileges ('Hank, I agree!'). (playful) — 00:00:52
  • 2017-10-20 · Places Made of People: Thoughts from My Old High School — Hank: Some of Hank's old haunts are gone under new buildings, but his lunch spot remains, now covered in John Green tote bags, where he sat with geek friends doing math homework, glad to be beneath other groups' notice. — 00:00:13