The Fault in our Stars

YA READS:

Green, J. (n.d.). The fault in our stars
[digital image]. Retrieved October 24,
 2016 from http://www.johngreenbooks.
com/the-fault-in-our-stars

Green, J. (2012). The fault in our stars. New York: Penguin. ISBN 978-0-14-242417-9; $12.99 (paperback).

Hazel and Augustus – names that might sound like your grandparents’ best friends – are really two teenagers dealing with terminal cancer.  Sounds like a great plot for a book, right?  Well it is.  It’s a really delightful story about two people who decide that even though certain elements of their lives are out of control (like having cancer), that they will still seek to make happiness and light a part of what remains.  So Hazel and Augustus bond over their catastrophes, find ways to strengthen one another and love one another despite the inconvenience of hospital stays and oxygen tanks.  Augustus spends his Wish (like from the Make-A-Wish foundation) on a trip to Amsterdam with Hazel so that she can meet the author of her favorite book.  While the author visit does not go as planned, the two teenagers discover along the way that sometimes just a glass of champagne and a fancy dinner, or the ability to walk up a long flight of stairs is all you really need in life to be happy.  In the end, through all of the emotional ups and downs of life and love and friendship, author John Green teaches us all that while there are Faults in Our Stars, there is beauty in those constellations as well.

AWARDS according to author John Green's website:

* TIME Magazine’s #1 Fiction Book of 2012

* #1 New York Times bestseller

* #1 Wall Street Journal bestseller

* #1 Indie bestseller

* #1 USA Today Bestseller

* #1 International Bestseller

* TODAY Book Club Pick

* Editors Choice, New York Times Book Review

* Starred reviews from Booklist, SLJ, Publisher’s Weekly, Horn Book, and Kirkus

* CBC Awards, Teen Book of the Year 2013

* Book of the Year, Nickelodeon MPN Awards, Brazil

HOMEMADE TEES: there is no shortage of fangirl shirt art available for this book.  Having an awesome movie version starring two good-looking teen actors didn't hurt.  But here are some of my favorite FIOS tees:

Green, J. (n.d.). Okay? okay. pullover hoodie
[digital image]. Retrieved October 24, 2016
from https://store.dftba.com/products/
okay-okay-pullover-hoodie

This first one was designed by the author himself and is available from his website of fun gear, Don't Forget To Be Awesome. Making fun of two of their gushy friends who promise to "always... always" love each other, Gus and Hazel prefer to remind each other that sometimes, okay is enough.

Call Me Calliope. (n.d.). Stars I can't
fathom into constellations [digital image].
 Retrieved October 24, 2016 from https://society6.com/
product/stars-i-cant-fathom-into-constellations
_t-shirt#s6-2215716p15a4v104a5v17a11v49 

Then there is beautiful shirt available from Society Six that includes one of my very favorite quotes from the book.  John Green has a way with words, and really captures the teen experience - sometimes your mind really is just too scattered to be anything other than random and beautiful. 

Want more gear?  Just peruse Pinterest - it's everywhere!

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If you don't want to read this book by the end of this trailer, there is nothing I can do to help you... seriously.  Read it. THEN go see the movie...