Emotiva, irónica y afilada. Una novela teñida de humor y de tragedia que habla de nuestra capacidad para soñar incluso en las circunstancias más difíciles.
A Hazel y a Gus les gustaría tener vidas más corrientes. Algunos dirían que no han nacido con estrella, que su mundo es injusto. Hazel y Gus son solo adolescentes, pero si algo les ha enseñado el cáncer que ambos padecen es que no hay tiempo para lamentaciones, porque, nos guste o no, solo existe el hoy y el ahora. Y por ello, con la intención de hacer realidad el mayor deseo de Hazel --conocer a su escritor favorito--, cruzarán juntos el Atlántico para vivir una aventura contrarreloj, tan catártica como desgarradora. Destino: Amsterdam, el lugar donde reside el enigmático y malhumorado escritor, la única persona que tal vez pueda ayudarles a ordenar las piezas del enorme puzle del que forman parte...
Rebosante de agudeza y esperanza, Bajo la misma estrella es la novela que ha catapultado a John Green al éxito. Una historia que explora cuán exquisita, inesperada y trágica puede ser la aventura de saberse vivo y querer a alguien.
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May 6, 2014 -
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- ISBN: 9780804171090
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- ISBN: 9780804171090
- File size: 842 KB
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Languages
- Spanish; Castilian
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Levels
- ATOS Level: 4.5
- Interest Level: 9-12(UG)
- Text Difficulty: 3
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Publisher's Weekly
Starred review from January 16, 2012
If there's a knock on John Green (and it's more of a light tap considering he's been recognized twice by the Printz committee) it's that he keeps writing the same book: nerdy guy in unrequited love with impossibly gorgeous girl, add road trip. His fourth novel departs from that successful formula to even greater success: this is his best work yet. Narrator Hazel Grace Lancaster, 16, is (miraculously) alive thanks to an experimental drug that is keeping her thyroid cancer in check. In an effort to get her to have a life (she withdrew from school at 13), her parents insist she attend a support group at a local church, which Hazel characterizes in an older-than-her-years voice as a "rotating cast of characters in various states of tumor-driven unwellness." Despite Hazel's reluctant presence, it's at the support group that she meets Augustus Waters, a former basketball player who has lost a leg to cancer. The connection is instant, and a (doomed) romance blossoms. There is a road tripâAugustus, whose greatest fear is not of death but that his life won't amount to anything, uses his "Genie Foundation" wish to take Hazel to Amsterdam to meet the author of her favorite book. Come to think of it, Augustus is pretty damn hot. So maybe there's not a new formula at work so much as a gender swap. But this iteration is smart, witty, profoundly sad, and full of questions worth asking, even those like "Why me?" that have no answer. Ages 14âup. Agent: Jodi Reamer, Writers House.
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Formats
- Kindle Book
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Languages
- Spanish; Castilian
Levels
- ATOS Level:4.5
- Interest Level:9-12(UG)
- Text Difficulty:3
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