![]() But Lou ends up on Chasseur captain Reid Diggory’s radar when a heist goes bad his attempt to catch her lands them in a situation so compromising that the archbishop suggests marriage to save face. Thief Louise le Blanc wants none of that-she’s left her witch life behind. In this French-flavored fantasy world, witches are hunted down by the Church’s Chasseurs and burned at the stake they retaliate against this genocidal crusade through vicious terrorist attacks. 15 & up)Ī stealth witch and a devout witch hunter are forced to marry. Green seamlessly bridges the gap between the present and the existential, and readers will need more than one box of tissues to make it through Hazel and Gus’ poignant journey. (Fiction. He takes on Big Questions that might feel heavy-handed in the words of any other author: What do oblivion and living mean? Then he deftly parries them with humor: “My nostalgia is so extreme that I am capable of missing a swing my butt never actually touched.” Dog-earing of pages will no doubt ensue. Green’s signature style shines: His carefully structured dialogue and razor-sharp characters brim with genuine intellect, humor and desire. From their trip to Amsterdam to meet the reclusive Van Houten to their hilariously flirty repartee, readers will swoon on nearly every page. The two become connected at the hip, and what follows is a smartly crafted intellectual explosion of a romance. He agrees to read the Van Houten and she agrees to read his-based on his favorite bloodbath-filled video game. She’s smart, snarky and 16 she goes to community college and jokingly calls Peter Van Houten, the author of her favorite book, An Imperial Affliction, her only friend besides her parents. He’s a gorgeous, confident, intelligent amputee who always loses video games because he tries to save everyone. Sparks fly when Hazel Grace Lancaster spies Augustus “Gus” Waters checking her out across the room in a group-therapy session for teens living with cancer. She’s fighting the brown fluid in her lungs caused by tumors. The Fault in Our Stars takes a spin on universal themesWill 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.He’s in remission from the osteosarcoma that took one of his legs. You laugh, you cry, and then you come back for more." - Markus Zusak, bestselling and Printz Honorwinning author of The Book Thief "A novel of life and death and the people caught in between, The Fault in our Stars is John Green at his best. ![]() A smartly crafted intellectual explosion of a romance .Carefully structured dialogue and razor-sharp characters brim with genuine intellect, humor and desire." - Kirkus Acerbic comedy, sexy romance, and a lightly played, extended meditation on the big questions about life and death." - Horn Book An achingly beautiful story about life and loss." - School Library Journal "What makes this novel compelling is not a thrill-a-minute plot but the authenticity of characters deeply engaged in trying to live 'forever within the numbered days.' John Green deftly mixes the profound and the quotidian in this tough, touching valentine to the human spirit." - The Washington Post " shows us true lovetwo teenagers helping and accepting each other through the most humiliating physical and emotional ordealsand it is far more romantic than any sunset on the beach." - New York Times Book Review He writes for youth, rather than to them, and the difference is palpable .You will be thankful for the little infinity you spend inside this book." - NPR "Green writes books for young adults, but his voice is so compulsively readable that it defies categorization. ![]() "A smarter, edgier Love Story for the Net Generation." - Family Circle "A pitch perfect, elegiac comedy." - USA Today "Funny Poignant Luminous." - Entertainment Weekly " delivers more than a collectible with keen observation and empathy producing a story about two incandescent kids who will live a long time in the minds of the readers who come to know them." - People, 4 out of 4 stars Fearless in the face of powerful, uncomplicated, unironized emotion." - TIME Magazine Beautifully conceived and executed, this story artfully examines the largest possible considerationslife, love, and deathwith sensitivity, intelligence, honesty, and integrity.
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