The Fault in Our Stars

Green, J. (n.d.). The fault in our stars (2012 ed.). New York, New York: The Penguin Group. Hazel Grace Lancaster is the protagonist in The Fault in Our Stars. In the novel, Hazel is a 16-year-old with lung cancer. Forced to go to support groups by her parents, Hazel meets and falls in love with 17-year-old Augustus Waters. Throughout the story, Hazel ponders her death and struggles with her love for Augustus, but together, Hazel and Augustus love and support each other as they work through their situations. In the end, Hazel discovers Augustus has cancer, and Augustus later dies in ICU. Later, Hazel learns that Augustus is having Van Houten compose a eulogy about her as she did earlier for Augustus. After reading what Augustus had sent Van Houten, Hazel concludes that she is happy with her choices she’s made. I might suggest the intended audience of the book is for grades 9 through 12 (high schoolers). Good recommendations for anyone who enjoyed The Fault in Our Stars are If I Stay by Gayle Forman, The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews, and Looking for Alaska by John Green. A major strength of The Fault in Our Stars is high schoolers can easily relate to Hazel and Augustus because of age similarities and how they fit into the average people, such as middle class people. The Fault in Our Stars meets the emotional developmental criteria because the novel is about two teenagers struggling to control their strong emotional feelings and reactions towards each other.