Genre and Themes: Young Adult Realistic Fiction - cancer, teen life, high school, love, friendship
Hazel Grace is a teenage girl who lives with cancer. Her mother finally convinces her to get out of her house and join a youth group of teens with cancer. In the first meeting she meets Augustus Waters who had cancer at a younger age but is cancer free now and there to support a friend. Augustus uses his charismatic charm to get closer to Hazel and the two fall deeply in love. Together they fight the fierce battle with cancer but unfortunately they don't both win. Although the main topic of this story is cancer Green still manages to make the story romantic and humorous all the way through.
Awards Won by This Title:
TODAY Book Club Pick
Time Magazine #1 Fiction Book of 2012
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