Genre 6 Book Reviews - LS 5603
1. The Fault In Our Stars A. BIBLIOGRAPHY Green, John. 2012. The Fault In Our Stars . New York : Dutton Books. ISBN 9780525555742 B. PLOT SUMMARY The Fault In Our Stars is a novel about two adolescents who meet in a support group for teenagers with cancer. They fall in love with each other after connecting through their shared condition (Augustus is missing a leg after it was amputated to stop the spread of his cancer while Hazel is suffering thyroid cancer that has spread to her lungs.) They get to know each other and realize they both love the same (fictional) book written by a Dutch author . In addition their shared background as cancer patients means that they are both sharply aware of the divide between them and other people that leads to the rest of the population giving them special privileges, which they have mixed feelings about since it will color the rest of their lives whether long or short. Hazel is very sensitive to the fact that she is her parents' only child a