Green, J. (2012). The fault in our stars. New York: Dutton Books.
Hazel is an average teenager girl, except that she has cancer. She has survived a medical miracle that has given her a few extra years to live. She is a realist and does not let much get to her. Her parents think she is getting a little depressed, so they send her to a Kids with Cancer Support Group. While there, she meets Augustus, Gus, and immediately they feel a connection to each other. The obsess over the same book, An Imperial Affliction, and Gus is able to email the author and set up his "Wish" to visit Amsterdam to meet him. Together they journey with Hazel's mom, but become very disappointed in who the author turns out to be, a mean drunk. Gus then tells Hazel that his cancer has returned and he dies not to long after. Hazel is in shock, but is able to give his eulogy at the funeral. She then finds out that Gus had mailed something to the mean drunk author. When she finally is finds out what it is, she is happy and can live the rest of her life without worrying about others around her, such as her parents. He had mailed her eulogy, which was beautifully written and spoke words of true love.
A story of true love and romance from a teenager's perspective. The main characters have real struggles that people face when they are dying with cancer. It can be graphic at times, but the meaning and seriousness of the situation would not be portrayed the same without it. Be prepared to shed some tears.
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