1Seventeen-year-old Hazel Grace Lancaster .Because of her cancer, she uses a portable oxygen tank to breathe properly. In one of the meetings she catches the eye of a teenage boy, and through the course of the meeting she learns the boy’s name is Augustus Waters.
2After the meeting ends, Augustus approaches Hazel. He invites Hazel to his house to watch the movie, and they agree to read one another’s favorite novels. Augustus gives Hazel The Price of Dawn, Hazel recommends An Imperial Affliction. Hazel introduces her favorite novel to Augustus and tells that she dreamed on having a conversation with the author, Van Houten, who lives in Amsterdam. Augustus contacts him and Ven Houten invites them to visit him in Amsterdam,but when Hazel and Augustus meet Van Houten they find that, instead of a prolific genius, he is a mean-spirited drunk who claims he cannot answer any of Hazel’s questions. The two leave Van Houten’s in utter disappointment, and accompanied by Lidewij, who feels horrified by Van Houten's behavior. The following day, Augustus confesses that while Hazel was in the ICU he had a body scan which revealed his cancer has returned and spread everywhere.
3They return to Indianapolis, Augustus dies eight days later. Hazel is astonished to find Van Houten at the funeral. Van Houten explains that he and Gus maintained correspondence and that Augustus demanded Van Houten make up for ruining the trip to Amsterdam by coming to his funeral to see Hazel,but Hazel is not interested. A few days later Isaac informs Hazel that Augustus was writing something for her. Hazel reading Augustus’s words. He says getting hurt in this world is inevitable, but we do get to choose who we allow to hurt us, and that he his happy with his choice. He hopes she likes her choice too.