Hazel is living a terminal life at home. She has Stage IV thyroid cancer that has spread to her lungs forcing her to carry an oxygen tank. ³The contraption was necessary because my lungs sucked at being lungs. She would rather watch America¹s Next Top Model then go to a Support Groups for others her age. When her mom convinces her to go she meets Augustus (Gus) who she learns is battling Osteosarcoma. Gus has an optimistic view that cancer doesn¹t have to take over your life. After writing to Hazel¹s favorite author they decide to spend Gus¹s Make-A-Wish on a trip to Amsterdam to meet him. And it proves to be quite an adventure.
John Green writes an amazing teenage novel about relationships, friendship, family, love and cancer. He does so with quirky dialogue and humor that leads to page-turning exuberance. Even though he warns us at the beginning and at the end that this story is completely fictional the thoughts and feelings behind these characters are real. Green really gets to the heart of how it feels to have cancer or to be close to someone battling it.
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