A teenage girl with terminal cancer falls in love with a boy from support group, confronting love, loss, and mortality.
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A teenage girl with terminal cancer falls in love with a boy from support group, confronting love, loss, and mortality.
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. Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel's story is a...
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Central romance culminates in one explicit but non-graphic sex scene.
Graphic depictions of cancer pain, medical procedures, and bodily decline.
Recurring strong language including multiple uses of fuck.
Brief social drinking by teens; not glamorized.
No LGBTQ+ characters or themes present.
Characters discuss God, faith, and existential meaning.
No magical elements present.
No occult content present.
No political messaging present.
Terminal illness and death themes; no self-harm or suicide attempts.
Medical trauma and suffering from cancer; no interpersonal abuse.
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