There's also what could be considered a companion book, This Star Won't Go Out, which is the autobiography of Esther Grace Earl, a young girl with terminal cancer similar to Hazel's. (It is no longer password-protected, although one still runs a high risk of major spoilers.)Ī film adaptation, starring Shailene Woodley as Hazel and Ansel Elgort as Augustus, was released in June 2014. Barnes & Noble accidentally released more than a thousand copies prematurely however, the fans who got the copies vowed not to spoil the book for those who hadn't.Ī blog where Green answers questions about the book was active from 2012 to 2014 and is still available here for anyone who has finished reading the book, and only for people who have finished the book. Hazel has thyroid cancer and terminal lung tumors, biding their time against perilous drugs, and Augustus is in remission after bone cancer took his leg.īefore TFIOS was released, it reached #1 on the Amazon and Barnes & Noble bestseller lists in June 2011 shortly after its title was announced. There's only one snag in this budding romance: Hazel and Augustus met at a cancer support group. One night at Support Group (her parents' idea, not hers), she meets the gorgeous and philosophical Augustus Waters, who piques her curiosity and gets her thinking again about life, adventure.and love. The book focuses on a girl named Hazel Grace Lancaster, who is a teenage recluse her best friends are her parents, and her preferred hobby is rereading her favorite book, An Imperial Affliction, over and over. The Fault in Our Stars is the fourth solo novel by author John Green, released on January 10th, 2012.

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