Synopses & Reviews
John Greens brilliant #1 bestselling novel The Fault in Our Stars is now a major motion picture starring Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort, Laura Dern, and Willem Dafoe, in movie theaters June 6, 2014!
Includes a full-color insert of stills from the movie!
TODAY Book Club pick
TIME Magazines #1 Fiction Book of 2012
"The greatest romance story of this decade." Entertainment Weekly
-Millions of copies sold-
#1 New York Times Bestseller
#1 Wall Street Journal Bestseller
#1 USA Today Bestseller
#1 International Bestseller
#1 Indie Bestseller
Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazels story is about to be completely rewritten.
Insightful, bold, irreverent, and raw, The Fault in Our Stars brilliantly explores the funny, thrilling, and tragic business of being alive and in love.
Review
Accolades for John Green:
#1 New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and International Bestselling Author
"Damn near genius." —TIME magazine
"Compulsively readable." —NPR.org
“John Green is one of the best writers alive.”
—E. Lockhart, National Book Award Finalist and Printz Honor-winning author of The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks and We Were Liars
Praise for Looking for Alaska:
Winner of the 2006 Michael L. Printz Award
Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist, 2005
“What sings and soars in this gorgeously told tale is Greens mastery of language and the sweet, rough edges of Pudges voice. Girls will cry and boys will find love, lust, loss and longing in Alaskas vanilla-and-cigarettes scent.”
—Kirkus Reviews, starred review
“Alive with sweet, self-deprecating humor.…like Phineas in John Knowless A Separate Peace, Green draws Alaska so lovingly, in self-loathing darkness as energetic light.”
—School Library Journal, starred review
“Miles is an articulate spokesperson for the legions of teens searching for life meaning.”
—BCCB, starred review
Praise for An Abundance of Katherines:
2007 Michael L. Printz Honor book
Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist
“Fully fun, challengingly complex and entirely entertaining.”
—Kirkus Reviews, starred review
“Laugh-out-loud funny . . . a coming-of-age American road trip that is at once a satire of and tribute to its many celebrated predecessors.”
—Horn Book, starred review
“Green follows his Printz-winning Looking for Alaska (2005) with another sharp, intelligent story. . . . The laugh-out-loud humor ranges from delightfully sophomoric to subtly intellectual.”
—Booklist, starred review
Praise for Paper Towns:
2009 Edgar Award for Best Young Adult Mystery
“Clever and wonderfully witty, but also deeply thoughtful and insightful.”
—Booklist, starred review
“Greens prose is astounding—from hilarious, hyper-intellectual trash talk and shtick, to complex philosophizing, to devastating observation and truths. He nails it—exactly how a thing feels, looks, affects—page after page.”
— School Library Journal, starred review
“A suspenseful mystery, a compelling central metaphor, and one of those road trips that every senior hopes he or she will have round out this exploration of the kind of relationship that cant help but teach us a little bit about ourselves.”
— BCCB
Praise for The Fault In Our Stars:
-Millions of copies sold-
TIME Magazines #1 Fiction Book of the year!
#1 New York Times Bestseller
#1 Wall Street Journal Bestseller
#1 USA Today Bestseller
#1 International Bestseller
#1 Indie Bestseller
“This is a book that breaks your heart—not by wearing it down, but by making it bigger until it bursts.”
—The Atlantic
“A story about two incandescent kids who will live a long time in the minds of the readers who come to know them.”
—People
“Funny . . . Poignant . . . Luminous.”
—Entertainment Weekly
Review
CRITICAL ACCLAIM FOR THE FAULT IN OUR STARS:
“Damn near genius . . . The Fault in Our Stars is a love story, one of the most genuine and moving ones in recent American fiction, but its also an existential tragedy of tremendous intelligence and courage and sadness.” —Lev Grossman, TIME Magazine
“This is a book that breaks your heart—not by wearing it down, but by making it bigger until it bursts.”
—The Atlantic
“A story about two incandescent kids who will live a long time in the minds of the readers who come to know them.”
—People
“Remarkable . . . A pitch-perfect, elegiac comedy.”
—USA Today
“A smarter, edgier Love Story for the Net Generation.”
—Family Circle
“Because we all need to feel first love again. . . . Sixteen-year-old Hazel faces terminal cancer with humor and pluck. But it isnt until she meets Augustus in a support group that she understands how to love or live fully.”
—Oprah.com, a Best Book selection and one of “5 Books Every Woman Needs to Read Before Her Next Birthday”
“[Greens] voice is so compulsively readable that it defies categorization. You will be thankful for the little infinity you spend inside this book.”
—NPR.org
“Hilarious and heartbreaking . . . reminds you that sometimes when life feels like its ending, its actually just beginning.”
—Parenting magazine
“John Green deftly mixes the profound and the quotidian in this tough, touching valentine to the human spirit.”
—The Washington Post
“[Green] shows us true love—two teenagers helping and accepting each other through the most humiliating physical and emotional ordeals—and it is far more romantic than any sunset on the beach.”
—New York Times Book Review
“In its every aspect, this novel is a triumph.”
—Booklist, starred review
“You know, even as you begin the tale of their young romance, that the end will be 100 kinds of awful, not so much a vale as a brutal canyon of tears. . . . Greens story of lovers who arent so much star-crossed as star-cursed leans on literatures most durable assets: finely wrought language, beautifully drawn characters and a distinctive voice.”
—Frank Bruni, The New York Times
“A novel of life and death and the people caught in between, The Fault in Our Stars is John Green at his best. You laugh, you cry, and then you come back for more.”
—Markus Zusak, bestselling and Printz Honor-winning author of The Book Thief
“The Fault in Our Stars takes a spin on universal themes—Will I be loved? Will I be remembered? Will I leave a mark on this world?—by dramatically raising the stakes for the characters who are asking.”
—Jodi Picoult, bestselling author of My Sisters Keeper and Sing You Home
“John Green is one of the best writers alive.”
—E. Lockhart, National Book Award Finalist and Printz Honor-winning author of The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks and We Were Liars
Synopsis
Discover #1
New York Times bestselling author John Green from the beginning with four critically acclaimed, award-winning modern classics, including
Looking for Alaska,
An Abundance of Katherines,
Paper Towns, and
The Fault in Our Stars, now a major motion picture.
This complete collection includes paperback editions of John Greens award-winning books in a stunning case. The perfect introduction to John Green or addition to any fans collection.
About the Author
John Green is the award-winning, #1 bestselling author of Looking for Alaska, An Abundance of Katherines, Paper Towns, Will Grayson, Will Grayson (with David Levithan), and The Fault in Our Stars. His many accolades include the Printz Medal, a Printz Honor, and the Edgar Award. He has twice been a finalist for the LA Times Book Prize. John was selected by TIME magazine as one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World. With his brother, Hank, John is one half of the Vlogbrothers (youtube.com/vlogbrothers), one of the most popular online video projects in the world. You can join the millions who follow John on Twitter (@johngreen) and tumblr (fishingboatproceeds.tumblr.com) or visit him online at johngreenbooks.com.
John lives with his family in Indianapolis, Indiana.