The fault in our stars
Hazel Grace Lancaster (Shailene Woodley) is a 16-year-old girl who has been fighting thyroid cancer since she was 13. She is alive thanks to an experimental drug but because the cancer has affected her lungs, she has trouble breathing and needs to have an oxygen tank with her wherever she goes. Her mother and father are upset about Hazel's depression. She responds with the observation that "Depression is a side effect of dying.Her mother insists that she attend a support group for teens meeting at a local church.Hazel is bored with the meeting but can't help but notice that a boy named Augustus is staring at her.He is a cancer survivor who has a prosthetic leg. His best friend Isaac has already lost one eye to cancer and has been told that his other eye will go shortly. Gus invites Hazel to his house and they exchange their favorite books. Hers is An "Imperial Affliction", a creative work about a teen with cancer that has deeply affected her. His is ...