# The Fault in Our Stars **Author:** John Green **Lexile:** 850L **Grade range:** Grades 9–12 **Age range:** 14–18 **First published:** 2012 **Page count:** 313 **Genre:** Young Adult Fiction **ISBN-13:** `9780142424179` **ISBN-10:** `0142424174` **Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/the-fault-in-our-stars **License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing. ## About this book Sixteen-year-old Hazel Grace Lancaster, who lives with terminal thyroid cancer, meets Augustus Waters at a support group, and the two fall into a sharp, funny, and unflinching romance. John Green's novel follows their search for meaning and a favorite author across a brief, intense relationship shadowed by illness. A bestseller frequently used in grades 9-12 and book-club settings, it pairs an accessible voice with mature reflection on mortality and grief. ## Themes - mortality - grief - love - coming of age ## Content notes - terminal illness - death - mature themes ## Where this book is assigned ### Buckeye Children's & Teen Book Award - **recommended** · 9th grade · Ohio — [source: Buckeye Children's & Teen Book Award — official winners list (Ohio, K-12 grade bands, voted biennially/annually since 1982)](https://bcbookaward.info/childrens-previous-nominees/) - **recommended** · 10th grade · Ohio — [source: Buckeye Children's & Teen Book Award — official winners list (Ohio, K-12 grade bands, voted biennially/annually since 1982)](https://bcbookaward.info/childrens-previous-nominees/) - **recommended** · 11th grade · Ohio — [source: Buckeye Children's & Teen Book Award — official winners list (Ohio, K-12 grade bands, voted biennially/annually since 1982)](https://bcbookaward.info/childrens-previous-nominees/) - **recommended** · 12th grade · Ohio — [source: Buckeye Children's & Teen Book Award — official winners list (Ohio, K-12 grade bands, voted biennially/annually since 1982)](https://bcbookaward.info/childrens-previous-nominees/) ### California Young Reader Medal - **recommended** · 9th grade · California — [source: California Young Reader Medal past winners, 2015 winner (Young Adult)](https://californiayoungreadermedal.org/s/CYRM-Winners-Complete-List-yhxf.pdf) - **recommended** · 10th grade · California — [source: California Young Reader Medal past winners, 2015 winner (Young Adult)](https://californiayoungreadermedal.org/s/CYRM-Winners-Complete-List-yhxf.pdf) - **recommended** · 11th grade · California — [source: California Young Reader Medal past winners, 2015 winner (Young Adult)](https://californiayoungreadermedal.org/s/CYRM-Winners-Complete-List-yhxf.pdf) - **recommended** · 12th grade · California — [source: California Young Reader Medal past winners, 2015 winner (Young Adult)](https://californiayoungreadermedal.org/s/CYRM-Winners-Complete-List-yhxf.pdf) ### Georgia Peach Book Award for Teen Readers - **recommended** · 9th grade · Georgia — [source: Georgia Peach Book Award for Teen Readers — official past winners/nominees roll (Georgia Library Media Association)](https://sites.google.com/view/ga-peach-book-award-for-teens/past-winnersnominees) - **recommended** · 10th grade · Georgia — [source: Georgia Peach Book Award for Teen Readers — official past winners/nominees roll (Georgia Library Media Association)](https://sites.google.com/view/ga-peach-book-award-for-teens/past-winnersnominees) - **recommended** · 11th grade · Georgia — [source: Georgia Peach Book Award for Teen Readers — official past winners/nominees roll (Georgia Library Media Association)](https://sites.google.com/view/ga-peach-book-award-for-teens/past-winnersnominees) - **recommended** · 12th grade · Georgia — [source: Georgia Peach Book Award for Teen Readers — official past winners/nominees roll (Georgia Library Media Association)](https://sites.google.com/view/ga-peach-book-award-for-teens/past-winnersnominees) ### Louisiana Teen Readers' Choice Award (LTRC) - **recommended** · 9th grade · Louisiana — [source: State Library of Louisiana / Louisiana Center for the Book — Archives: Louisiana Readers' Choice Awards (official LibGuides archive), grades 9-12 division — 2014-2015 winner](https://slol.libguides.com/c.php?g=1291511&p=9482444) - **recommended** · 10th grade · Louisiana — [source: State Library of Louisiana / Louisiana Center for the Book — Archives: Louisiana Readers' Choice Awards (official LibGuides archive), grades 9-12 division — 2014-2015 winner](https://slol.libguides.com/c.php?g=1291511&p=9482444) - **recommended** · 11th grade · Louisiana — [source: State Library of Louisiana / Louisiana Center for the Book — Archives: Louisiana Readers' Choice Awards (official LibGuides archive), grades 9-12 division — 2014-2015 winner](https://slol.libguides.com/c.php?g=1291511&p=9482444) - **recommended** · 12th grade · Louisiana — [source: State Library of Louisiana / Louisiana Center for the Book — Archives: Louisiana Readers' Choice Awards (official LibGuides archive), grades 9-12 division — 2014-2015 winner](https://slol.libguides.com/c.php?g=1291511&p=9482444) ### Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award - **recommended** · 9th grade · Maryland — [source: Maryland Association of School Librarians — Black-Eyed Susan Book Award, 2014 winner (High School)](https://www.maslmd.org/past-winners) - **recommended** · 10th grade · Maryland — [source: Maryland Association of School Librarians — Black-Eyed Susan Book Award, 2014 winner (High School)](https://www.maslmd.org/past-winners) - **recommended** · 11th grade · Maryland — [source: Maryland Association of School Librarians — Black-Eyed Susan Book Award, 2014 winner (High School)](https://www.maslmd.org/past-winners) - **recommended** · 12th grade · Maryland — [source: Maryland Association of School Librarians — Black-Eyed Susan Book Award, 2014 winner (High School)](https://www.maslmd.org/past-winners) ### Mountain Laurel Book Award (Pennsylvania) - **recommended** · 9th grade · Pennsylvania — [source: Mountain Laurel Book Award / Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award — PSLA past winners list, 2012-2013 winner (YA)](https://pyrcapsla.wixsite.com/pyrca/past-titles-and-winners) - **recommended** · 10th grade · Pennsylvania — [source: Mountain Laurel Book Award / Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award — PSLA past winners list, 2012-2013 winner (YA)](https://pyrcapsla.wixsite.com/pyrca/past-titles-and-winners) - **recommended** · 11th grade · Pennsylvania — [source: Mountain Laurel Book Award / Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award — PSLA past winners list, 2012-2013 winner (YA)](https://pyrcapsla.wixsite.com/pyrca/past-titles-and-winners) - **recommended** · 12th grade · Pennsylvania — [source: Mountain Laurel Book Award / Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award — PSLA past winners list, 2012-2013 winner (YA)](https://pyrcapsla.wixsite.com/pyrca/past-titles-and-winners) ### Odyssey Award (Best Audiobook) - **recommended** · 9th grade — [source: Odyssey Award (best audiobook) winners + honors, via Wikipedia — 2013 Winner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odyssey_Award) - **recommended** · 10th grade — [source: Odyssey Award (best audiobook) winners + honors, via Wikipedia — 2013 Winner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odyssey_Award) - **recommended** · 11th grade — [source: Odyssey Award (best audiobook) winners + honors, via Wikipedia — 2013 Winner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odyssey_Award) - **recommended** · 12th grade — [source: Odyssey Award (best audiobook) winners + honors, via Wikipedia — 2013 Winner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odyssey_Award) ### Oregon Reader's Choice Award (ORCA) - **recommended** · 9th grade · Oregon — [source: Oregon Library Association — Oregon Reader's Choice Award (ORCA) winners by division (statewide young readers' choice program; students vote)](https://oregonreaderschoiceaward.wordpress.com/past-winners/) - **recommended** · 10th grade · Oregon — [source: Oregon Library Association — Oregon Reader's Choice Award (ORCA) winners by division (statewide young readers' choice program; students vote)](https://oregonreaderschoiceaward.wordpress.com/past-winners/) - **recommended** · 11th grade · Oregon — [source: Oregon Library Association — Oregon Reader's Choice Award (ORCA) winners by division (statewide young readers' choice program; students vote)](https://oregonreaderschoiceaward.wordpress.com/past-winners/) - **recommended** · 12th grade · Oregon — [source: Oregon Library Association — Oregon Reader's Choice Award (ORCA) winners by division (statewide young readers' choice program; students vote)](https://oregonreaderschoiceaward.wordpress.com/past-winners/) ### Pacific Northwest Young Reader's Choice Award - **recommended** · 9th grade — [source: Pacific Northwest Library Association — Young Reader's Choice Award winners (1940-2022), via Wikipedia — 2015 Winner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Reader%27s_Choice_Award) - **recommended** · 10th grade — [source: Pacific Northwest Library Association — Young Reader's Choice Award winners (1940-2022), via Wikipedia — 2015 Winner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Reader%27s_Choice_Award) - **recommended** · 11th grade — [source: Pacific Northwest Library Association — Young Reader's Choice Award winners (1940-2022), via Wikipedia — 2015 Winner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Reader%27s_Choice_Award) - **recommended** · 12th grade — [source: Pacific Northwest Library Association — Young Reader's Choice Award winners (1940-2022), via Wikipedia — 2015 Winner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Reader%27s_Choice_Award) ### Summer reading lists - **recommended** · 9th grade · Massachusetts — [source: Middleborough High School (MA) — Summer Reading 2025, choose one per incoming grade](https://www.midlib.org/sites/midlib.org/files/images/MHS%20Summer%20Reading%202025.pdf) ### Virginia Readers' Choice - **recommended** · 9th grade · Virginia — [source: Virginia Readers' Choice past winners, 2013-2014 winner (High)](https://vslatoday.org/VRC-past-titles) - **recommended** · 10th grade · Virginia — [source: Virginia Readers' Choice past winners, 2013-2014 winner (High)](https://vslatoday.org/VRC-past-titles) - **recommended** · 11th grade · Virginia — [source: Virginia Readers' Choice past winners, 2013-2014 winner (High)](https://vslatoday.org/VRC-past-titles) - **recommended** · 12th grade · Virginia — [source: Virginia Readers' Choice past winners, 2013-2014 winner (High)](https://vslatoday.org/VRC-past-titles) ### Wisconsin Golden Archer Award - **recommended** · 4th grade · Wisconsin — [source: Wisconsin Educational Media and Technology Association — Golden Archer Award complete list of winners 1974-present — 2015 Middle winner](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1afRCQWZ4zVhHDBLbP0bq0bDlAA6t7XUHjd8pVLfdsyg) - **recommended** · 5th grade · Wisconsin — [source: Wisconsin Educational Media and Technology Association — Golden Archer Award complete list of winners 1974-present — 2015 Middle winner](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1afRCQWZ4zVhHDBLbP0bq0bDlAA6t7XUHjd8pVLfdsyg) - **recommended** · 6th grade · Wisconsin — [source: Wisconsin Educational Media and Technology Association — Golden Archer Award complete list of winners 1974-present — 2015 Middle winner](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1afRCQWZ4zVhHDBLbP0bq0bDlAA6t7XUHjd8pVLfdsyg) - **recommended** · 7th grade · Wisconsin — [source: Wisconsin Educational Media and Technology Association — Golden Archer Award complete list of winners 1974-present — 2015 Middle winner](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1afRCQWZ4zVhHDBLbP0bq0bDlAA6t7XUHjd8pVLfdsyg) ## Banned / challenged record Documented removals or formal challenges in at least one school district in 3 states: FL, IA, WI. Source: [PEN America's Index of School Book Bans](https://pen.org/banned-book-list/) 2022-2024. --- _Generated from primary-source citations indexed on ReadingList.school. For the full HTML view with reading-list cross-references, see https://readinglist.school/book/the-fault-in-our-stars._