For our latest book club, we read John Green’s The Fault In Our Stars, a touching story about a girl with cancer who strikes up a friendship with a boy in her support group.
It has to be said, we all loved the book. In fact, some of us read it really slowly so that it would last longer! If you, like us, felt a gaping hole with the turn of the last page, here are a few books that you should also enjoy…
If I Stay by Gayle Forman
A 17-year-old girl called Mia is left in a coma after a serious car accident. During this time, she has an out-of-body experience during which she can see her friends and family. She then has to choose whether to live and return to what has become of her life or die peacefully.
Looking for Alaska by John Green
John Green is fast-becoming the voice of a generation. In Looking for Alaska, Miles ‘Pudge’ Halter transfers to a boarding school in Alabama where he meets Alaska Young. She captures his heart and his world is turned upside-down.
Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver
Samantha Kingston is everything a teenager would want to be but she is tragically killed in an accident on the night of February 12th. The following morning, she wakes up and relives the last day of her life where she learns that the smallest change can affect everything.
Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
Like John Green does in The Fault In Our Stars, Rainbow Powell explores the concept of young love, through the unconventional characters of Eleanor and Park, and how it can be complicated by uncontrollable outside forces.