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Plot
The book 'The Fault in Our Stars is about a teenager named Hazel Grace. She is 16 and has been dealing with thyroid cancer since she was 13. She is only alive with the help of an experimental drug. She carries an oxygen tank around with her everywhere and she has not attended public school since she was diagnosed. Her parents start to take an interest in the way Hazel is acting so they send her to a support group to help her deal with what they think is her depression. At the support group she meets Isaac, who later becomes one of her good friends, and 17 year old Augustus Waters, who turns her whole world upside down.

Augustus is a former basketball player who lost his right leg from Osteosarcoma. Hazel shows Gus her favorite book, "An Imperial Affliction," and he soon starts to love it just as much as she does. He spends his one "cancer wish," on flying out with Hazel to go question the author about the end of the book and what happens to the characters in the book. When Hazel gets this proposal, she is overjoyed, but she also decides that she does not want to be in a relationship with Gus due to the pain it will bring him when she eventually dies. She does not want him to relive when he lost his last girlfriend, Caroline Mathers, also due to cancer. That week she is admitted into a hospital after waking up with severe pain in her head, due to pneumonia. During her stay, Gus is at the hospital many times showing her how much he cares. Later that week, she is cleared to go to Amsterdam with him and her mother.

When they get to Amsterdam, they find themselves on an adventure full of love and also disappointment. When they meet the author, Peter Van Houten, they find that he is a crazed man who is nothing, but rude to the kids. His assistant,Lidewi, is then disgusted by the author's actions and takes them to the Anne Frank house to make it up to them. There they kiss while being applauded. Prior to getting back, Augustus reveals that the cancer has returned and has spread throughout his body. He is put on a big treatment when he gets home, but he is not expected to live much longer. Shortly after, he gets Isaac and Hazel together to put together a pre-funeral, so he can hear their feelings towards him.

Eight days later, Gus dies, and Hazel speaks at his funeral. Instead of the earnest speech she gave to him and Isaac, she repeats platitudes that will comfort his parents. After the funeral, she meets Van Houten, who traveled to be there. He reveals that he had a daughter who died of cancer several years ago. She was the inspiration for Anna, the main character of 'An Imperial Affliction' and his rudeness can be partially attributed to Hazel's appearance, who reminded him of Anna. Hazel encourages him to get sober and write another book.

She also discovers Augustus had been writing something for her. After an email to Lidewij, they are retrieved from Van Houten. Augustus wanted van Houten to turn his notes into a fitting eulogy for Hazel, but Van Houten decides to leave Augustus's words alone.

The book ends with Hazel accepting Augustus's eulogy with a present tense, "I do."

Major Themes and Reception
NPR says that "Green shows us true love." They also say that "his language is complex. his syntax adult." The hype surrounding Green is not overblown.

Awards
The audiobook was selected to receive the 2013 Odyssey Award

Background and Development
Green started writing for the young adults because he wanted to be part of the people who made interesting books for teens. He always liked teens as readers. He thought they read critically, but are also interested in big questions. The book was also a very personal book to him. Part of it being personal was the book while the other half was reliving things he cared about.