The Fault in Our Stars
General Audience:
Young Adult
Genre:
Series :
N/A
Call Number:
YA Fiction/Gre
Features:
Average size book with normal typeface and white space. Very easy to read.
Cover Notes :
"Electric...filled with staccato bursts of humore and tragedy." - Jody Picoult
"New York Times Best Selling Author of Looking for Alaska."
Blurb Notes:
"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."
Beginning, Middle, & End :
Beginning - Introduces us to Hazel and Augustus and their friends and family.
Middle - The Hazel and Augustus' relationship deepens and we become more invested in what is going on in their lives and how it affects them.
End - The story of Hazel and Augustus ends.
Style :
Perfectly serious, humorous and whimsical at the same time.
Pacing :
Fast past
Format :
Straight line narrative
Characters :
Hazel, Augustus, Isaac, Peter Van Houten
Setting :
Modern Day
Theme :
Finding love in the midst of tragedy
Focus :
Character driven
Read-a-Likes :
The Future of Us - Jay Asher
Why We broke up - Daniel Handler
Anna and the French Kiss - Stephanie Perkins
The Statistical probability of Love at first sight - Jennifer E. Smith
Hook :
The Fault in Our Stars is award-winning author John Green’s most ambitious and heartbreaking work yet, brilliantly exploring the funny, thrilling, and tragic business of being alive and in love.
Brief Annotation :
Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel’s story is about to be completely rewritten.
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