The fault in our stars
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, Haze...
| Main Author: | Green, John, 1977- |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Dutton Books,
[2012]
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| Physical Description: |
316 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (color) ; 22 cm. |
| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Online Access: |
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| 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. |
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| Item Description: |
Read by: Kate Rudd. 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. Young Adult. Accelerated Reader 5.5. Reading Counts High School 5.5 17. |
| Physical Description: |
316 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (color) ; 22 cm. |
| Audience: |
Young Adult. |
| ISBN: |
9780525478812 0525478817 1451740832 9781451740837 9781480649705 1480649708 9780142424179 014242417X 9780141355078 0141355077 9780670077526 0670077526 9780147513731 0147513731 9780525426417 0525426418 0525426000 9780525426004 0143567594 9780143567592 0141345659 9780141345659 |