Book Jacket: Diagnosed with Stage IV
thyroid cancer at 13, Hazel was prepared to die until, at 14, a medical
miracle shrunk the tumours in her lungs... for now. Two years
post-miracle, sixteen-year-old Hazel is post-everything else, too;
post-high school, post-friends and post-normalcy. And even though she
could live for a long time (whatever that means), Hazel lives tethered
to an oxygen tank, the tumours tenuously kept at bay with a constant
chemical assault. Enter Augustus Waters. A match made at cancer
kid support group, Augustus is gorgeous, in remission, and shockingly to
her, interested in Hazel. Being with Augustus is both an unexpected
destination and a long-needed journey, pushing Hazel to re-examine how
sickness and health, life and death, will define her and the legacy that
everyone leaves behind
Best Advice: Buy Kleenexs and a gallon of ice cream.
Good grief. I mean talk about an emotional roller coaster. I was smiling, laughing, scowling, laughing out loud, crying- and by that I really mean sobbing...
The Fault in Our Stars is about a young girl named Hazel who has cancer. Forced to attend by her mother, she goes to a weekly support group and she meets Augustus Waters. He's in remission but there to support their mutual friend, and he becomes interested in Hazel.
Off the gate, I loved Hazel. I mean literally, I want to be Hazel if I'm ever diagnosed with cancer. I want to have attitude, sarcastic at times, and her reverence to her favorite book which she then makes Gus read. Gah, and of course, I loved Gus right off the bat too. How cute he is when... oh yeah, you probably haven't read it yet :)
Simply said, this is a must read.
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