Hazel Grace Lancaster is the narrator of The Fault in Our Stars. At age sixteen Hazel has been battling thyroid cancer for three years. There is no known cure for the type of cancer she has and only through the use of an experimental drug is she still alive. Hazel is realistic and knows her life is definitely limited. Being an only child, she worries constantly about her parents and what will happen to them when she dies. Her mom has given up working to help care for her. Once Hazel is gone, where will her mom find her purpose in life?
Hazel’s parents encourage her to attend a support group. Against her better judgment, she attends where she meets a very carefree and handsome young man named Augustus Waters. They are quite a pair--Hazel with her oxygen tank and Augustus with his artificial leg.
Although Augustus still attends school where he was once a standout basketball star before his amputation, Hazel doesn’t. Rather she attends classes online. Augustus and Hazel become fast friends.
They discuss typical teenage issues, books they have loved, etc. It is through the reading of Hazel’s favorite book that Augustus learns she wishes to meet the author—who lives impossibly faraway—Amsterdam, Holland.
Despite the normal teenage angst of any teens that are dating, these two try to make the most of their lives for as little or as long as they have left to live.
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