The Fault in Our Stars, a book about a little girl with cancer? No, it's a story of love, courage, family, coming of age, conscience, existence and mortality; it tells the story of two cursed teenagers and their adventure through their fleeting lives. This is the story of Hazel Grace Lancaster. Hazel is not your average sixteen year old girl. For starters, she was diagnosed with stage 4 thyroid cancer when she was just thirteen years old. She says her “lungs weren’t very good at being lungs.” Hazel's mother forces Hazel to attend a support group for teenage cancer patients because she thinks Hazel is starting to show signs of depression. There she meets Augustus Waters. He catches her eye – well – they lock eyes. After a few days of constant texting and late night phone calls, Hazel and Augustus (Gus) become flirtatious friends. They talk to each other every day about everything. Isaac, Augustus and Hazel's good friend, loses his eye (the only one he has left) in order to no longer have cancer. In the process, he also loses his girlfriend Monica, who can't "handle" having a blind boyfriend. Hazel and Augustus constantly spend time with Isaac. Their time together brought Hazel and Augustus closer together, but it also brought comfort to Isaac. Hazel has kept her favorite book a secret, but after some thought, Hazel decides to share the book, An Imperial Affliction, with Gus. He reads it and becomes just as passionate about the book as Hazel, they obsess and share ideas about the unresolved questions. ending together. Augustus somehow comes into contact with Peter Van Houten (the author of An Imperial Affliction) via email. Gus discovers that Houten lives in Amsterdam and convinces Houten to see Hazel and himself. He u...... middle of paper ...... HopeStandiford, Natalie. January 13, 2012 http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/15/books/review/the-tenacity-of-hope.html?pagewanted=all&_r=o • The “Sick-Lit” Controversy Little, Déna . January 24, 2013 www.yalsa.ala.org/thehub/2013/01/24/the-controversy-over-sick-lit/ • How John Green Conquered the Internet (and Tens of Thousands of Screaming Fans)Miranda, Anna February 29 2012 www.thestranger.com/seattle/how-john-green-won-the-internet/content?0id=12832873 • Fault In Our Stars (Green) – Author biography, summary www.litlovers.com/reading .guides /15-young-adult-fiction/8711-fault-in-our-stars-green?start=1 • Hazel Grace Lancaster www.shmoop.com/fault-in-our-stars/Hazel-grace-lancaster. html • Themes The Fault in Our Stars (LittleBig Ideas) www.shmoop.com/fault-in-our-stars/themes.html • An Imperial Afflictionhttp://theorderofthelibrary.wikiai.com/wiki/an_imperial_affliction