NIST comments:
Y8: "its really sad and does include some graphic description."
Y8: "Really good. Funny and has realistic aspects."
Y8: "Really good. Funny and has realistic aspects."
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Collection
Publication
Penguin (2013), Edition: 01, 352 pages
Description
Sixteen-year-old Hazel, a stage IV thyroid cancer patient, has accepted her terminal diagnosis until a chance meeting with a boy at cancer support group forces her to reexamine her perspective on love, loss, and life.
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Original publication date
2012-01-10
Awards
A Horn Book Fanfare Best Book (Fiction — 2012)
Dublin Literary Award (Longlist — 2014)
Soaring Eagle Book Award (Nominee — 2015)
Audie Award (Finalist — Teens — 2013)
Sequoyah Book Award (Nominee — High School — 2015)
Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award (Winner — Young Adult Contemporary Novel — 2012)
BCCB Blue Ribbon Book (Fiction — 2012)
Utah Beehive Book Award (Nominee — Young Adult — 2014)
Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award (Honor Book — 2014)
Kentucky Bluegrass Award (Nominee — Grades 9-12 — 2013)
Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award (Nominee — Young Adult — 2013)
The Morning News Tournament of Books (Finalist — 2013)
Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Reader's Choice Award (Nominee — 2015)
Buckeye Children's & Teen Book Award (Nominee — Teen — 2014)
Great Lakes Great Books Award (Honor Book — 2014)
Gateway Readers Award (Nominee — 1st Place — 2015)
Indies Choice Book Award (Winner — Young Adult — 2013)
Green Mountain Book Award (Nominee — 2014)
Guardian Children's Fiction Prize (Shortlist — 2013)
Garden State Teen Book Award (Winner — Grades 9-12 — 2015)
Thumbs Up! Award (Winner — 2012)
Oregon Reader's Choice Award (Nominee — 2015)
Lincoln Award: Illinois Teen Readers' Choice Award (Nominee — 2014)
South Dakota Teen Choice Book Awards (Nominee — 2014)
Grand Canyon Reader Award (Recommended — 2014)
Arkansas Teen Book Award (Nominee — 2014)
Colorado Blue Spruce Award (Nominee — 2014, 2016)
California Young Reader Medal (Nominee — 2015)
Blue Hen Book Award (Winner — 2014)
Louisiana Young Readers' Choice Award (Winner — 2015)
Alabama Author Award (Young Adult — 2013)
Florida Teens Read Award (Nominee — 2014)
The Flume: NH Teen Reader's Choice Award (Winner — 2014)
Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award (Winner — Winner — 2013)
Virginia Readers' Choice (Nominee — High School — 2014)
Kids' Book Choice Awards (Finalist — Author of the Year — 2013)
Golden Archer Award (Nominee — 2015)
Black-Eyed Susan Book Award (Nominee — High School — 2014)
WAYRBA: Western Australia Young Readers Book Award (Winner — Older Readers — 2013)
Westchester Fiction Award (Winner — 2013)
IBBY Honour Book (Writing — 2014)
Milwaukee County Teen Book Award (Nominee — 2013)
Great Lakes Great Reads Award (Young Adult — 2012-01 — 2012)
Odyssey Award (Winner — 2013)
3 Apples Book Award (Winner — Teens — 2017)
Volunteer State Book Award (Nominee — High School — 2014)
NCSLMA YA Book Award (Winner — High School — 2013)
The White Ravens (2013)
Evergreen Teen Book Award (Nominee — 2015)
Keystone to Reading Book Award (Winner — 2014)
Mind the Gap Awards (2013)
Inky Awards (Winner — 2012)
Georgia Peach Book Award for Teen Readers (Nominee — 2014)
Rhode Island Teen Book Award (Nominee — 2014)
Kid's Choice Award (Nominee — 2015)
Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis (Winner — Preis der Jugendjury 2013)
Buxtehuder Bulle (2012)
Prix des libraires du Québec (2014)
Beste Boek voor Jongeren (2013)
Surrey Teens Read (Winner — 2014)
Prix des Incorruptibles (Winner — 2015)
The A.V. Club best books (2012)
Best Fiction for Young Adults (Selection — 2013)
CCBC Choices (2013)
Children's Favorites Awards (Finalist — Author of the Year — 2013)
Nerdy Book Award (Young Adult Literature — 2012)
Chicago Public Library Best of the Best: Teens (Fiction — 2012)
Young Adult Favorites Award (2013)
Illinois Reads (9-12 — 2013)
OYAN Book Rave (2013)
Language
Original language
English