The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Published by Penguin Books
Date: January 3, 2013
Genres: Young Adult, Realistic Fiction, Romance
Pages: 316
Format: Paperback
Source: Purchased

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, Hazel's story is about to be completely rewritten.

Insightful, bold, irreverent, and raw, The Fault in Our Stars is award-winning author John Green's most ambitious and heartbreaking work yet, brilliantly exploring the funny, thrilling, and tragic business of being alive and in love.

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Hazel Grace has resigned herself to a life of living with cancer. She lives her life based on a routine that she has no reason to change, and she's okay with that. But, her mother insists on sending her to Cancer Support Group, which is where she meets Augustus Waters. And, Augustus Waters changes everything. Augustus lives like everyday is a gift, and he challenges Hazel to step out of her comfort zone and learn what life and love are really all about.

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Paper Towns by John Green
Published by Speak
Date: September 22, 2009
Genres: Young Adult, Realistic Fiction
Pages: 305
Format: Paperback
Source: Purchased

Two-time Printz Medalist John Green’s New York Times bestseller, now in paperback!

Quentin Jacobsen has spent a lifetime loving the magnificently adventurous Margo Roth Spiegelman from afar. So when she cracks open a window and climbs back into his life — dressed like a ninja and summoning him for an ingenious campaign of revenge — he follows.

After their all-nighter ends and a new day breaks, Q arrives at school to discover that Margo, always an enigma, has now become a mystery. But Q soon learns that there are clues — and they’re for him. Urged down a disconnected path, the closer he gets, the less Q sees of the girl he thought he knew.

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Margo Roth Spiegelman has intrigued Quentin Jacobsen since they were kids. So, when Margo mysteriously disappears and leaves clues behind, Quentin makes it his mission to solve the mystery that is Margo. He searches for clues that he hopes will help him find Margo. Along the way, Quentin not only finds the trail of clues Margo left behind, but he also realizes that he never really knew Margo to begin with.

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An Abundance of Katherines by John Green
Published by Speak by Penguin Group
Date: 2012 (First published September 21, 2006)
Genres: Young Adult, Realistic Fiction
Pages: 236
Format: Paperback
Source: Purchased

When it comes to relationships, Colin Singleton's type is girls named Katherine. And when it comes to girls named Katherine, Colin is always getting dumped. Nineteen times, to be exact. On a road trip miles from home, this anagram-happy, washed-up child prodigy has ten thousand dollars in his pocket, a bloodthirsty feral hog on his trail, and an overweight, Judge Judy-loving best friend riding shotgun - but no Katherines. Colin is on a mission to prove The Theorem of Underlying Katherine Predictability, which he hopes will predict the future of any relationship, avenge Dumpees everywhere, and finally win him the girl.

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Colin Singleton is a prodigy whose sole goal in life is to matter. He wants to matter to the important people in his life, to the world as he knows it, and to future generations to come. And, how does he propose to accomplish his goal of mattering? By proving he's not merely a prodigy, but a genius, of course. When Colin is dumped by his girlfriend Katherine--the nineteenth Katherine in a long line of Katherines whom Colin has dated--Colin's quest to matter becomes more important than ever. By proving himself a genius--by proving that he matters--Colin believes he can mend his broken heart and win Katherine XIX back. With his best friend Hassan at his side, Colin embarks on a road trip that will change his life forever and teach him the true meaning of mattering.

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From the author of the New York Times bestseller Eleanor & Park.
A coming-of-age tale of fan fiction, family and first love. Cath is a Simon Snow fan.
Okay, the whole world is a Simon Snow fan . . .
But for Cath, being a fan is her life — and she’s really good at it. She and her twin sister, Wren, ensconced themselves in the Simon Snow series when they were just kids; it’s what got them through their mother leaving.
Reading. Rereading. Hanging out in Simon Snow forums, writing Simon Snow fan fiction, dressing up like the characters for every movie premiere.
Cath’s sister has mostly grown away from fandom, but Cath can’t let go. She doesn’t want to.
Now that they’re going to college, Wren has told Cath she doesn’t want to be roommates. Cath is on her own, completely outside of her comfort zone. She’s got a surly roommate with a charming, always-around boyfriend, a fiction-writing professor who thinks fan fiction is the end of the civilized world, a handsome classmate who only wants to talk about words . . . And she can’t stop worrying about her dad, who’s loving and fragile and has never really been alone.
For Cath, the question is: Can she do this?
Can she make it without Wren holding her hand? Is she ready to start living her own life? Writing her own stories?
And does she even want to move on if it means leaving Simon Snow behind?
- Goodreads

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