Text to Self Isabella M.
The Fault in Our Stars , written by John Green , is about a sixteen year old girl that was diagnosed with Stage 4 thyroid cancer, but eventually spread to her lungs. She has lived with cancer since she was diagnosed with it at the age of 13, taking an experimental drug named Phalanxiphor. While attending a weekly Support Group, Hazel meets a boy named Augustus Waters, an amputee and survivor of osteosarcoma. Augustus and Hazel become friends, although Augustus has a crush on her. They start to unofficially date, because Hazel thinks of herself as a grenade, eventually going to explode and hurt everyone close to her. Both teens have/had a disease, so they are qualified for a Wish at the Wish Factory, a place that grants wishes for sick children. Augustus saved his wish, but Hazel spent hers on Disney World. He decided to surprise Hazel with a trip to meet her favorite author, Peter Van Houten, in Amsterdam. She...