“As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.”
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green (Dutton Juvenile, 2012)
Genre: Realistic Fiction, Problem Novel, Romance
Honors: Odyssey Award (2013), Goodreads Choice Award for Best Young Adult Fiction (2012), ALA Teens' Top Ten Nominee (2012), Indies Choice Book Award for Young Adult (2013), The Inky Awards for Silver Inky (2012), Abraham Lincoln Award Nominee (2014) [Honors Information found at Goodreads.com]
Review: A heart wrenching tale of love and loss, but spotted with laugh out loud humor. 14-year-old Hazel has cancer, though the tumor in her lungs has shrunk it is not gone. She still must walk around with an oxygen tank, and can't live a normal life of a 14-year-old. That seems to all change when she meets Augustus Waters at a cancer support group. They quickly form a bound that romace springs from. Augustus helps Hazel live her dream to meet her favorite author by tracking him down in the Netherlands and helping Hazel make a trip of a life time.
Opinion: I think if you don't shed at least a partial tear during this book, you must be dead inside. It was very touching and very moving. I can't even imagine to have your youth stripped away from you in the way that Hazel and Augustus did in this book. John Green creates such a moving piece of fiction that just made me want to go home and hug my kid all night long.
Ideas: A good book for boys or girls, but the main character is a girl. It has romance in it, but it is not overbearing so certain boys might like it as well. John Green fans of course would go for this book. I did listen to this book on audio, and thought it was fantastic so I would recommend the audiobook to any teen as well.
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