Independent Reading Review Sheet Book Title: The Fault in Our Stairs Author: John Green Summarize the

essence/main idea/purpose of the book in a sentence of no more than 20 words.

Two teens meet in a cancer support group and bond over a book. They venture to Amsterdam to meet the author and ask questions about The book.
Opinion: hat did you think of the book! hat type of reader wou"d "ike the book! #e Specific.

I en$oyed %The &au"t in 'ur Stars very much. Any teen wou"d en$oy this book. The author( )ohn *reen pu""s you into the nove" and gives you many ways to re"ate to and give empathy to the characters. The vocabu"ary used cou"d be cha""enging to anyone who is not in +th grade or over. 'vera""( this book is tru"y amazing. It is one of my favorite nove"s I have ever read. It wi"" make you smi"e and "augh( but wi"" a"so make you cry. If one does not shed a sing"e tear in the process of reading this book( they must have a heart of stone.
Theme: Refer to your ,Theme- worksheet.

Theme. /eath is an inevitab"e part of "ife. 01p"anation with Te1tua" 0vidence. In %The &au"t in 'ur Stars2 has to dea" with the "oss of Augustus aters. She s"ow"y watches him die of cancer and is forced to accept it. A"so( Augustus brings up many times in the nove" that they cannot escape death( but he wants to die for a reason or have an impact on someone-s "ife. It is heartbreaking( but he understands that he is going to die soon and chooses to embrace every moment he has.
Plot: /iscuss the nove"-s c"ima1. hat is the ,point of no return-! hy!

The ,point of no return- is when Augustus decides to use his one ish with 3aze". 3e uses it to go see the author of An Imperia" Aff"iction. This is the book that Augustus and 3aze" bonded over. The book that they read ends in the midd"e of a sentence. They understand that it means that the gir" died of cancer( but they are interested in what happened after the story ends. They both head off to Amsterdam to visit the author and get answers to the questions he refuses to answer in te1t( ca""s( but on"y in person.

Authors Style: /iscuss the author-s sty"e of writing re"ated to genre or format.

)ohn *reen used a "ot of sensory "anguage in %The &au"t in 'ur Stars.2 &or e1amp"e( he says %The water "apped quiet"y at the stone wa""s beneath us.2 To describe the waves in a river. In addition( *reen used a "ot of simi"es and metaphors. At the end of the book Augustus had troub"e even doing simp"e things "ike e1pressing what he wanted to say. Instead of him $ust saying this about Augustus he says %4y thoughts are stars I can-t fathom into conste""ations.2 These are on"y a few e1amp"es of when he used simi"es( metaphors( and sensory "anguage.
on!li"t: /iscuss one ma$or conf"ict from the story in detai". 5ite the te1t to support your answer. 5haracter 5haracter/'ther 6s. 5ancer Augustus
01p"anation of conf"ict 7 as it reso"ved!8.

In the beginning of the nove"( 3aze" and Augustus meet in a cancer support group. 9ater( Augustus is diagnosed as cancer free. Throughout the nove" he "earns that it is back: again. 3e uses count"ess efforts to rid himse"f of it "ike chemotherapy and other cancer treatments with no success. In the end he dies of cancer( "eaving behind 3aze" and his fami"y.
hara"ter Study: 5hoose a ma$or character from the book and discuss his/her attributes and viewpoints. 3ow do they change throughout the te1t! /iscuss what they were "ike in the beginning of the nove". 3ow is he/she affected by the c"ima1/conf"ict! hat is his/her ro"e or purpose in the te1t! hat character/person from history or another te1t cou"d you compare him/her to! 01p"ain in detai".

Augustus Waters is a major character in The Fault in Our Stars. In the beginning of the novel he is very narrow min e an stuc! to his o"inion. #e meets #a$el %race at a cancer su""ort grou". #a$el o"ens him u" to new things an o"inions. She shows him a boo! an they even en u" going to Amster am together to meet the novel. #e is obsesse with the i ea of ying for a cause. &y the en of the novel he reali$es he oesn't have to change the worl for his life to have a "ur"ose. In a note he left before his eath he says The mar!s humans leave are too often scars. When he an #a$el are in Amster am he begins to fall in love with her( even though he !nows he's ying. Augustus Waters changes a lot throughout the novel for the better. I thin! he can be com"are to )resi ent Obama. This is because both of them want to ma!e a ifference in the worl . They both want to change the worl for the better an have themselves be remembere for that when they ie.

hara"ters: /iscuss a few other ma$or characters and their ro"e in the nove". 5haracter Attributes 3ow they affect the c"ima1/conf"ict *oes to support groups hen Augustus finds out about 3aze" Augustus 3as 5ancer having questions about An Imperia" Aff"iction aters 9eft "eg amputated too so( he uses his one wish to take them both In "ove with 3aze" to Amsterdam and meet the author of the /etermined book they bonded over 6ery ;o"ite 3aze" introduces Augustus to the book An Imperia" Aff"iction and they bond over it. They 3aze" both have questions about the ending of the *race nove". 3e takes her to Amsterdam because she does not have the money to make the trip there and back with the e1tra pay for medica" care. rote An Imperia" Aff"iction 6an 3outen never finished writing his ;eter Se"f centered nove". 3e simp"y stopped it in the midd"e of a 6an Rude sentence. This "eft 3aze" and Augustus 3outen An A"coho"ic wondering with many questions. 3e promises to Articu"ate answer them if they come to see him in person( 9ives in Amsterdam but when they do he won-t answer Settin#: /iscuss the p"ace( time( and mood of the nove". 3ow does the setting affect the story! *oes to support groups 3as 5ancer '1ygen Tank 6ery giving 9oves to read

This book takes p"ace in the present in Indiana. 9ater in the nove"( the main characters take a trip to Amsterdam for a"most a week. This book has ups and downs( but a"so a"ways has a very sad topic having to do with cancer and death. In resu"t( it is a"so very g"oomy. The setting affects the story because there are different treatments and doctors for cancer in different countries. A"so( in America( peop"e understand a "ot about cancer where in other p"aces they might not have a c"ear understanding of the disease and it-s side effects. This is the setting of %The &au"t in 'ur Stars.2
$mportant %uote&Passa#e: /iscuss an important quote or passage from the nove". Ana"yze its importance to the theme( p"ot( conf"ict( or a character.

'ne important passage from the nove" is <I-m in "ove with you( and I-m not in the business of denying myse"f the simp"e p"easure of saying true things. I-m in "ove with you( and I know that "ove is $ust a shout into the void( and that ob"ivion is inevitab"e( and that we-re a"" doomed and that there wi"" come a day when a"" our "abor has been returned to dust( and I know the sun wi"" swa""ow the on"y earth we-"" ever have( and I am in "ove with you.< This passage is important because Augustus is saying that he

knows he is going to die and that there-s no way to avoid it( but he wants her to know that he tru"y "oves her without a doubt whi"e he-s a"ive. 3aze" doesn-t want anyone to care about her or "ove her. This is because she knows she is going to die and she doesn-t want anyone to get hurt. She pushes peop"e away for their own good. Another good quote is %'h( I wou"dn-t mind 3aze" *race. It wou"d be a privi"ege to have my heart broken by you.2 This is when Augustus te""s 3aze" that he doesn-t care about the future and what pain may come if he cares about her( he wants to "ive for the right now.