Summer Reading Post- Category A (Theme)

The theme of the book, The Fault in Our Stars, is  just because you have cancer or a disease, it doesn't mean you can't have a good time with your friends or family in life. , "You gave me a forever within the numbered days, and I'm grateful" (Green 260). This quote supports the theme, because it shows that even with caner, if you have a best friend, it can change your outlook on your life, and make your life positive. This book is about a cancer patient Hazel Lancaster, who falls in love with Augustus Waters. The two met at a cancer support group. Augustus uses his cancer wish to take Hazel on an adventure with him to Amsterdam. They are traveling to Amsterdam to meet the author of their favorite book, An Imperial Affliction, Peter Van Houten. Once in the Netherlands, the two fall madly in love. However, Augustus is hiding something from Hazel, he's going to die soon. Once back in Indiana, the two of them meet up with Isaac, their friend from Support Group, and hold a mock funeral. But what Hazel doesn't know is that what once seemed like a joke was slowly turning into a reality.

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