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The fault in our stars

Green, John, 1977- (author.).

Summary:

Sixteen-year-old Hazel, a stage IV thyroid cancer patient, has accepted her terminal diagnosis until a chance meeting with a boy at cancer support group forces her to reexamine her perspective on love, loss, and life. Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel's story is about to be completely rewritten.

According to author John Green, The Fault In Our Stars was inspired by his friendship with Esther Earl, who "redefined the process of dying young for me." (December 2012 Good Reads interview, http://www.goodreads.com/interviews/show/828.John_Green). He cautions his readers not to take the novel too literally however, stating that he doesn't "want people conflating Esther with Hazel (they're very different), and it's extremely important to me that I not claim to be telling Esther's story. Esther's story belongs to Esther and to her family." (John Green's tumblr, August 2, 2012 http://fishingboatproceeds.tumblr.com/post/28557373623/everybody-was-told-to-make-a-funny-face-but-i). Esther's story is told in the 2014 posthumous memoir This Star Won't Go Out : the Life and Words of Esther Grace Earl.

Record details

ISBN: 9780525478812
ISBN: 0525478817
Physical Description: 318 pages ; 22 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Dutton Books, [2012]
Copyright: �2012

Content descriptions

Participant or Performer Note:	Read by: Kate Rudd.
Target Audience Note:	Young Adult.
Study Program Information Note:	Accelerated Reader 5.5. Reading Counts High School 5.5 17.
Awards Note:	A Junior Library Guild Selection. South Dakota Teen Choice Book Award, 2013-2014