One can currently find The Fault In Our Stars near the top of The New York Times Bestselling List for Children's Chapter Books, where it had been first for a few months.
But I don't think of The Fault In Our Stars as a Children's Chapter Book. I think of it as an Incredible Story that Makes You Wonder By What Criteria The New York Times Considers A Book To Be For Children.
Also, I've read tons of books for "adults" that have chapters. So I don't understand why we don't have Adult Chapter Books.
Anyway, The Fault In Our Stars is about two teenagers who fall in love, and they both happen to have cancer (well, one used to have cancer, but now he's NED [no evidence of cancer] ). Many people say that the book is about two kids with cancer who fall in love. But I don't think that the cancer is the most important part of this story. The people are.
John Green is a master of storytelling, creating characters that will make you feel all the feels. You will laugh, you will (probably) cry, and then you'll find yourself victim to this strange combination of laughing and crying at the same time, and you'll love it.
The main character and narrator, Hazel Grace Lancaster, has this lung cancer that make her lungs "suck at being lungs". She very nearly died when she was 13, but has survived thanks to the miracle drug Phalanxifor (which is fictional). She has to roll around an oxygen tank with her wherever she goes. Which sucks.
Augustus Waters, also known as Gus, shows up at her depressing Support Group meeting, and-
the rest is the plot of the book. I am determined to not give away any spoilers. You can, however, read the first two chapters of the book here: http://books.usatoday.com/bookbuzz/post/2011-11-01/john-green-excerpt/560409/1
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