The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

A breathtaking, tearjerker is the only way I can describe The Fault in Our Stars.

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Hazel has been living with cancer since for a few years now, and has come to terms that she is dying.  She attends a support group for adolescents that have cancer. During one session of the support group she meets a young man named Augustus Waters.  Augustus, another teen who has cancer, will change Hazel’s life forever taking her on adventures she never knew, including falling in love. The Fault in Our Stars takes you on a journey through adolescents having cancer, and how they find love and live their lives.

I read The Fault in Our Stars last May, and fell in love with the story. I cried my eyes out the first time I read it, and I cried my eyes out when I reread it today.

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The Fault in Our Stars did remind me the support that cancer patients have. The support groups like Hazel visits. Also how they have a cancer team in the story where they meet to see how the fight against cancer is going, or suggestions in treatment plans.

The Fault in Our Stars was made into a movie, which I have not seen. In a book this great, I do not need a movie putting it to life because it was already alive in my mind. You could have the students compare and contrast the movie and the book though.

The Fault in Our Stars has amazing vocabulary. There were words that I did not know the meaning to, and I would have to look up the definitions. You could teach vocabulary and context clues.

The characters in the story I felt were well-developed characters, and they each had their own unique personality. You could have the students interview a character. They could create questions, and then answer based on how the students felt that the characters would answer. This would show how the students interpreted the characters.

The students could also write a eulogy for Augustus and Hazel based on their characters in the book. This would show how they interpreted the characters as they read the book.