Green, John. 2012. THE FAULT IN OUR STARS. New York: Dutton.
ISBN 0763625973 [Suggested Grade Levels 6-12]
REVIEW
Sixteen year old Hazel’s life is interrupted and rearranged
by the appearance of Augustus Waters at her cancer support group. Diagnosed
with terminal cancer and at the urging of her medical staff and family, sixteen-year-old
Hazel reluctantly attends the group to better deal with her depression and
meets Augustus Waters, a boy coming to terms with the missing leg he lost to
his own cancer. The intellectual teens strike up a fast friendship and
gracefully fall in love. A trip to Amsterdam brings new revelations to them
both as they struggle to fully live their now-changed lives and the results of
terminal cancer.
Green transcends an issue that could have been trite and
maudlin, and instead handles the issue of teen love, hope, and death with both
sensitivity and integrity in the smart, well-written style of his previous
books. Evoking emotion is something many authors can do; Green does it with intellect,
elegance, and style.
This book about life, love, and death will take the reader
to the edge of the ultimate question about life’s value and the significance of
young love, and bring it in a realistic, genuine way.
CONNECTIONS
Read another of Green’s book and compare the writing style.
Look for similarities and differences and identify underlying themes repeated
in the two books and explore his use of vocabulary and word play.
RELATED
BOOKS
Other books for young people about dealing with dying and
death:
Asher, Jay. THIRTEEN REASONS WHY. ISBN 9781595141880
Forman, Gayle. IF I STAY. ISNB 9780142415436
By
Shirley Duke
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