The Fault in Our Stars
by: John Green
What if you had cancer?
"The world is not a wish granting factory" (Green 214).
The Fault in Our Stars is a realist, young adult fiction novel. The story follows the main character, Hazel Grace Lancaster, as she battles cancer. Not only is she trying to live a normal life of a 16 year old girl, but she is also struggling with what will happen to her parents after she dies. While Hazel attends a church support group for cancer survivors on her mother's request, she meets a boy named Augustus Waters with only one real leg. The Fault in Our Stars is Hazel Grace Lancaster's journey through the fight against trying to live a normal life of a teenager and a cancer live.
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Reviews
"Damn near genius...The Fault in Our Stars is a love story, one of the most genuine and moving ones in recent American fiction, but it's also an existential tragedy of tremendous intelligence and courage and sadness."
- TIME Magazine
"Funny...Poignant...Luminous."
- Entertainment Weekly
Accolades
#1 New York times bestseller
Winner of the 2013 Children's Choice Teen Book of the Year Award
Young Reader Medal Book Award Nominees 2014-2015
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THE FAULT IN OUR STARS (2014) Extended Official HD Trailer