# 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/)

### 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/)

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