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The Fault In Our Stars by John Green
I’m Hazel.
Sixteen. Thyroid originally but
with an impressive and long-settled satellite colony in my lungs.
If you have someone in your family or know someone with
cancer, this will have meaning for you. This
book focuses on three teenagers who have cancer, all who are brutally honest
about their disease, face it with a somewhat raw humor, and become a support
group for each other. Isaac is losing
his eyesight, Hazel has thyroid and lung cancer, and Augustus has osteosarcoma.
When you are 16 and 17 years old and are not sure you will
live another year, there are a number of things on your wish list of things
you’d like to experience. For Hazel and
Augustus, it was love. Hazel has
already spent her Dream Factory wish and yet she longs to meet the author of
her favorite novel about cancer who lives in Amsterdam. Her quest is to find out what happens to the
characters after the story ends (and before she dies). And the enterprising Augustus sacrifices to
make that happen. What happens when they
meet him makes the reader want more. And
do they have enough time to find out a little of what they want to know about
love? An inspiring story for those who
face a malady and most especially for those who don’t. 5 stars!
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