Awards

• Winner of Buckeye Children's Book Award (Teen) 2014
• Winner of California Young Reader Medal (Young Adult) 2015
• Winner of Garden State Teen Book Award (Fiction (Grades 9-12)) 2015
• Winner of Young Reader's Choice Award (Senior/Grades 10-12) 2015

Overview

Bestselling author John Green returns with an eagerly anticipated and emotional novel about sickness and health, life and death. Diagnosed with Stage IV thyroid cancer at 12, Hazel was prepared to die until, at 14, a medical miracle shrunk the tumours in her lungs. for now. Two years post-miracle, sixteen-year-old Hazel is post-everything else, too - post-high school, post-friends and post-normalcy. Enter Augustus Waters. A match made at cancer kid support group, Augustus is gorgeous, in remission, and - shockingly, to her - interested in Hazel.

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CRITICAL ACCLAIM FOR THE FAULT IN OUR STARS Damn near genius . . . The Fault in Our Stars is a love story, one of the most genuine and moving ones in recent American fiction, but it's also an existential tragedy of tremendous intelligence and courage and sadness. --Lev Grossman, TIME Magazine This is a book that breaks your heart--not by wearing it down, but by making it bigger until it bursts. -- The Atlantic A story about two incandescent kids who will live a long time in the minds of the readers who come to know them. --People Remarkable . . . A pitch-perfect, elegiac comedy. --USA Today A smarter, edgier Love Story for the Net Generation. --Family Circle Because we all need to feel first love again. . . . Sixteen-year-old Hazel faces terminal cancer with humor and pluck. But it isn't until she meets Augustus in a support group that she understands how to love or live fully. --Oprah.com, a Best Book selection and one of 5 Books Every Woman Needs to Read Before Her Next Birthday [Green's] voice is so compulsively readable that it defies categorization. You will be thankful for the little infinity you spend inside this book. --NPR.org Hilarious and heartbreaking . . . reminds you that sometimes when life feels like it's ending, it's actually just beginning. --Parenting magazine John Green deftly mixes the profound and the quotidian in this tough, touching valentine to the human spirit. --The Washington Post [Green] shows us true love--two teenagers helping and accepting each other through the most humiliating physical and emotional ordeals--and it is far more romantic than any sunset on the beach. -- New York Times Book Review In its every aspect, this novel is a triumph. -- Booklist, starred review You know, even as you begin the tale of their young romance, that the ende

CRITICAL ACCLAIM FOR THE FAULT IN OUR STARS Damn near genius . . . The Fault in Our Stars is a love story, one of the most genuine and moving ones in recent American fiction, but it's also an existential tragedy of tremendous intelligence and courage and sadness. --Lev Grossman, TIME Magazine This is a book that breaks your heart--not by wearing it down, but by making it bigger until it bursts. -- The Atlantic A story about two incandescent kids who will live a long time in the minds of the readers who come to know them. --People Remarkable . . . A pitch-perfect, elegiac comedy. --USA Today A smarter, edgier Love Story for the Net Generation. --Family Circle Because we all need to feel first love again. . . . Sixteen-year-old Hazel faces terminal cancer with humor and pluck. But it isn't until she meets Augustus in a support group that she understands how to love or live fully. --Oprah.com, a Best Book selection and one of 5 Books Every Woman Needs to Read Before Her Next Birthday [Green's] voice is so compulsively readable that it defies categorization. You will be thankful for the little infinity you spend inside this book. --NPR.org Hilarious and heartbreaking . . . reminds you that sometimes when life feels like it's ending, it's actually just beginning. --Parenting magazine John Green deftly mixes the profound and the quotidian in this tough, touching valentine to the human spirit. --The Washington Post [Green] shows us true love--two teenagers helping and accepting each other through the most humiliating physical and emotional ordeals--and it is far more romantic than any sunset on the beach. -- New York Times Book Review In its every aspect, this novel is a triumph. -- Booklist, starred review You know, even as you begin the tale of their young romance, that the end will be 100 kinds of awful, not so much a vale as a brutal canyon of tears. . . . Green's story of lovers who aren't so much star-crossed as star-cursed leans on literature's most durable assets: finely wrought language, beautifully drawn characters and a distinctive voice. --Frank Bruni, The New York Times A novel of life and death and the people caught in between, The Fault in Our Stars is John Green at his best. You laugh, you cry, and then you come back for more. --Markus Zusak, bestselling and Printz Honor-winning author of The Book Thief The Fault in Our Stars takes a spin on universal themes--Will I be loved? Will I be remembered? Will I leave a mark on this world?--by dramatically raising the stakes for the characters who are asking. --Jodi Picoult, bestselling author of My Sister's Keeper and Sing You Home John Green is one of the best writers alive. --E. Lockhart, National Book Award Finalist and Printz Honor-winning author of The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks and We Were Liars

Accolades for The Fault in Our Stars <br> #1 New York Times Bestseller<br> #1 Indie Bestseller<br> #1 Wall Street Journal Bestseller<br> A USA Today Bestseller<br> New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice <br> Damn near genius. . . . Simply devastating. . . . Fearless in the face of powerful, uncomplicated, unironized emotion. - TIME <br> [Green] delivers more than a collectible ...with keen observation and empathy...producing a story about two incandescent kids who will live a long time in the minds of the readers who come to know them. - People (4 out of 4 stars) <br> Funny...Poignant...Luminous. - Entertainment Weekly<br> <br> A pitch perfect, elegiac comedy. - USA Today<br> <br> A smarter, edgier Love Story for the Net Generation. - Family Circle <br> Green writes books for young adults, but his voice is so compulsively readable that it defies categorization. He writes for youth, rather than to them, and the difference is palpable....You will be thankful for the little infinity you spend inside this book. -NPR.org <br> [Green] shows us true love--two teenagers helping and accepting each other through the most humiliating physical and emotional ordeals--and it is far more romantic than any sunset on the beach. - New York Times Book Review <br> An unforgettable story with more than just two unforgettable characters. -- Library Journal<br> <br> What makes this novel compelling is not a thrill-a-minute plot but the authenticity of characters deeply engaged in trying to live 'forever within the numbered days.' John Green deftly mixes the profound and the quotidian in this tough, touching valentine to the human spirit. -- The Washington Post <br> Perfect in every way. -- Sacramento Bee<br> <br> A bittersweet story of life, death and love in between. - Deseret News<br> <br> Green proves through his characters that lasting love requires the risk of losing it. This is not a morbid book. Hazel and Gus invite use

<b>CRITICAL ACCLAIM FOR <i>THE FAULT IN OUR STARS</i> </b> Damn near genius . . . <i>The Fault in Our Stars </i>is a love story, one of the most genuine and moving ones in recent American fiction, but it's also an existential tragedy of tremendous intelligence and courage and sadness. --<b>Lev Grossman, <i>TIME</i> Magazine</b> This is a book that breaks your heart--not by wearing it down, but by making it bigger until it bursts. --<b><i>The Atlantic</i></b> A story about two incandescent kids who will live a long time in the minds of the readers who come to know them. <b><i>--People</i></b> Remarkable . . . A pitch-perfect, elegiac comedy. <b><i>--USA Today</i></b> A smarter, edgier <i>Love Story </i>for the Net Generation. <b><i>--Family Circle </i></b> Because we all need to feel first love again. . . . Sixteen-year-old Hazel faces terminal cancer with humor and pluck. But it isn't until she meets Augustus in a support group that she understands how to love or live fully. <b>--Oprah.com</b>, <b>a Best Book selection and one of 5 Books Every Woman Needs to Read Before Her Next Birthday </b> [Green's] voice is so compulsively readable that it defies categorization. You will be thankful for the little infinity you spend inside this book. <b>--NPR.org</b> Hilarious and heartbreaking . . . reminds you that sometimes when life feels like it's ending, it's actually just beginning. <b><i>--Parenting </i>magazine </b> John Green deftly mixes the profound and the quotidian in this tough, touching valentine to the human spirit. <b><i>--The Washington Post </i></b> [Green] shows us true love--two teenagers helping and accepting each other through the most humiliating physical and emotional ordeals--and it is far more romantic than any sunset on the beach. --<b><i>New York Times Book Review</i></b> In its every aspect, this novel is a triumph. --<b><i>Booklist</i>, starred review</b> You know, even as you begin the tale of their young romance, that the end will be 100 kinds of awful, not so much a vale as a brutal canyon of tears. . . . Green's story of lovers who aren't so much star-crossed as star-cursed leans on literature's most durable assets: finely wrought language, beautifully drawn characters and a distinctive voice. --<b>Frank Bruni</b>, <b><i>The New York Times</i></b> A novel of life and death and the people caught in between, <i>The Fault in Our Stars </i>is John Green at his best. You laugh, you cry, and then you come back for more. --<b>Markus Zusak</b>, <b>bestselling and Printz Honor-winning author of <i>The Book Thief</i></b> <i>The Fault in Our Stars </i>takes a spin on universal themes--Will I be loved? Will I be remembered? Will I leave a mark on this world?--by dramatically raising the stakes for the characters who are asking. --<b>Jodi Picoult</b>, <b>bestselling author of <i>My Sister's Keeper </i>and <i>Sing You Home</i></b> John Green is one of the best writers alive. --<b>E. Lockhart, National Book Award Finalist and Printz Honor-winning author of <i>The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks </i>and <i>We Were Liars</i></b>

Accolades for The Fault in Our Stars TIME Magazine's #1 Fiction Book of 2012An Entertainment Weekly Best Fiction Book of 2012 John Green is one of Entertainment Weekly 's Entertainers of the Year, 2012 #1 New York Times Bestseller #1 Wall Street Journal Bestseller A USA Today Bestseller International Bestseller #1 Children's Indiebound Pick New York Times Editor's ChoiceThe Huffington Post Best Books of 2012 A Booklist Books for Youth Editor's ChoiceThe Horn Book Fanfare ListA Publishers Weekly Best BookA School Library Journal Best Book Unprecedented EIGHT starred reviews TIME Magazine Damn near genius. . . . Simply devastating. . . . Fearless in the face of powerful, uncomplicated, unironized emotion. People, 4 out of 4 stars [Green] delivers more than a collectible ...with keen observation and empathy...producing a story about two incandescent kids who will live a long time in the minds of the readers who come to know them. Entertainment Weekly Funny...Poignant...Luminous. USA Today A pitch perfect, elegiac comedy. Family Circle A smarter, edgier Love Story for the Net Generation. NPR.org Green writes books for young adults, but his voice is so compulsively readable that it defies categorization. He writes for youth, rather than to them, and the difference is palpable....You will be thankful for the little infinity you spend inside this book. New York Times Book Review [Green] shows us true love--two teenagers helping and accepting each other through the most humiliating physical and emotional ordeals--and it is far more romantic than any sunset on the beach. The Washington Post What makes this novel compelling is not a thrill-a-minute plot but the authenticity of characters deeply engaged in trying to live 'forever within the numbered days.' John Green deftly mixes the pro

Author Information

John Green is the award-winning, #1 bestselling author of Looking for Alaska, An Abundance of Katherines, Paper Towns, Will Grayson, Will Grayson (with David Levithan), and The Fault in Our Stars. His many accolades include the Printz Medal, a Printz Honor, and the Edgar Award. He has twice been a finalist for the LA Times Book Prize. John was selected by TIME magazine as one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World. With his brother, Hank, John is one half of the Vlogbrothers (youtube.com/vlogbrothers), one of the most popular online video projects in the world. You can join the millions who follow John on Twitter (@realjohngreen) and tumblr (fishingboatproceeds.tumblr.com) or visit him online at johngreenbooks.com. John lives with his family in Indianapolis, Indiana.

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