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__The Fault in Our Stars __


 * Author: ** John Green


 * Publisher: **Dutton Books


 * Published: **January 10th 2012


 * Pages: ** 313


 * ISBN: **0-525-47881-7


 * Reading Level: **5.5


 * Language: **English


 * Price (Barnes and Noble): **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> $9.99


 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Summary: **

<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Hazel and Augustus meet at a Support Group, they are both dying from cancer they catch each other’s eyes and are falling in love. They are confused about a book, __An Imperial Affliction__ that they have read. There is no ending to the book and they decide that they want to go to Amsterdam to meet the author of the book, Peter Van Houten. Since Hazel used her wish already, to go to Disney, they use Augustus’s wish to go to Amsterdam. They track down Van Houten and receive no answer on the ending of the book. When they come back home from Amsterdam Augustus has a scan and “light’s up like a Christmas tree” with all the tumors that he has. Hazel continues to be in love with Augustus and she stays with him until he dies. At his funeral she reads a eulogy for him. At the end of the book she receives a eulogy from Augustus and how he is happy with his choices that he has made in his life, and she agrees.


 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Book Review: **

<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> I thoroughly enjoyed this book, I have read many other John Green novels such as Looking for Alaska and I believe this one is the most modern and true to date. John Green has a way of creating dynamic characters, and they come to life. I was unsure of the beginning of the book because I thought it was going to be a sappy story on two terminally ill sweet hearts that fall in love and then die. But Green really takes the reader on an adventure with Hazel and Augustus not only to Amsterdam but also throughout their relationship. I enjoyed this book and I would definitely recommend it to anyone who wants to read a great young adult novel.


 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">About the Author: **

<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> John Green grew up in Orlando, Florida and attended Kenyon College. Green has been a recipient of many awards and has had many books on best seller’s lists. What is very interesting about John Green that he is an avid video blogger and Twitter user. He is definitely marketing himself to the generation that his books are meant for. His brother and he have used the YouTube channel to raise money, and even plant hundreds of trees. John Green I believe is one of the great modern authors because he writes about very personal and touchy subjects that pertain to life today.


 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Literary Analysis: **

<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">John Green uses many literary devices but I believe the one that is most prevalent is the theme that in life we have the power to control who comes into it and what we can take from them. Green displays this when he has Augustus says “The marks humans leave are too often scars.” This shows that the relationships we form with others make us who we are and although we would like to forget some of them they will always leave permanent reminders of them. But the good thing about these reminders is that we will be able to be shaped by them and overcome any devastating times in our lives.