With the trailer for The Fault in Our Stars finally out, waiting for its June 6 release can seem more difficult than ever.
But whatever kept you reading and re-reading TFIOS, whether it was the love story, the European adventure, or the sad reality of Hazel Grace's condition, you can find it in another fantastic young adult book.
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These titles will keep you busy until the summer — or at least while you wait for the snow to melt.
It's Ryan Dean's junior year at a private boarding school, and after a minor infraction last year, he's living in the dorm for rule-breakers -- somewhere his brainy, scrawny 14-year-old self will never belong. But everything would be fine if his best friend Annie would just realize that they should be more than friends
Like TFIOS, you'll think you know why you'll need tissues, but a surprise ending is what really turns you into a puddle of tears.
Emily didn't write much poetry before, but as a new student at a boarding school halfway through her junior year, she finds herself unable to stop. The poems are the only way she can deal with her boyfriend's suicide, and the knowledge of her role in it. Like Hazel Grace, Emily is fixated on an author -- but instead of a fictional novelist, she's all about Emily Dickinson.
With a foreword by John Green, this is the writings of Esther Earl, his friend and fellow nerdfighter who died of thyroid cancer at 16. Though he often reminds his readers that Hazel isn't Esther, he did dedicate The Fault in Our Stars to her.
If you're looking for a John Green novel that won't leave you sobbing, An Abundance of Katherines is a safe bet. The funny and footnote-filled story follows Colin, a former child prodigy who has been recently dumped by his nineteenth girlfriend named Katherine. In an attempt to get his mind of of her, the young protagonist goes on a summer road trip with his best friend.
Lia is very, very skinny, and that's the way she likes it. But after her best friend dies from complications with bulimia, her world starts to unravel. This is another YA novel that brilliantly examines loss, coming to terms with a friend's illness, and finally understanding your own.
Eleanor and Park meet on the bus. At first, Park wants nohing to do with the weird, new girl, but soon the two bond over music and comics. Eventually, both live for their time on the bus together. Like TFIOS, Eleanor & Park follows what should be a simple, beautiful teenage love story that's complicated by terrible outside forces beyond their control.
If your favorite part of The Fault in Our Stars was Hazel and Gus' trip to Amsterdam, Anna and the French Kiss should satisfy your literary wanderlust. For her final year of high school, Anna is shipped off to boarding school in Paris, where she meets the smart, adorable Brit named Etienne St. Clair. Unfortunately getting her first French kiss with him isn't that easy.
Sutter Keely likes to have fun, and he likes everyone around him to do the same. But after his girlfriend dumps him, it's hard to maintain his normal upbeat self. Then he meets (a.k.a. wakes up passed out on her lawn) Amy, a quiet girl with no social life. Sutter decides to make her his project -- to leave Amy with a more exciting life than he found her with. But slowly, her role morphs from project to girlfriend, and Sutter starts to wonder if he's hurting more than helping. You can prep for the TFIOS by seeing the film based on The Spectacular Now, which also stars Shailene Woodley.
Though it is a book about love, travel, friendship, and the mark you'll leave on the world, The Fault in Our Stars is also about teens dealing with cancer. Me and Earl and the Dying Girl also tackles that subject. Greg is fine with his one-friend status, but his mom insists that he make at least one more, specifically Rachel, a girl diagnosed with acute myelogenous leukemia.
Molly Horan was an editorial intern at Mashable. She's worked as an editorial fellow at Buzzfeed.com and an editorial intern at Dosomething.org and Crushable.com. Her web writing has also been published on Flavorwire.com, Sparknotes.com, and Nerve.co...More