Earl, Esther, 1994-2010,

This star won't go out : the life and words of Esther Grace Earl / Esther Earl with Lori and Wayne Earl ; introduction by John Green. - New York, New York : Dutton Juvenile, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA), LLC, c2014. - 431 p. : ill. (some color) ; 24 cm.

"A memoir told through the journals, letters, and stories of young cancer patient Esther Earl."-- According to author John Green, his fictional work The Fault In Our Stars was inspired by his friendship with Esther Earl, who "redefined the process of dying young for me." (December 2012 Good Reads interview, http://www.goodreads.com/interviews/show/828.John_Green). He cautions his readers not to take the novel too literally however, stating that he doesn't "want people conflating Esther with Hazel (they're very different), and it's extremely important to me that I not claim to be telling Esther's story. Esther's story belongs to Esther and to her family." (John Green's tumblr, August 2, 2012 http://fishingboatproceeds.tumblr.com/post/28557373623/everybody-was-told-to-make-a-funny-face-but-i).

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ISBN: 9780525426363 (hbk) 0525426361 (hbk) 9780141354033 (pbk) 0141354038 (pbk)

LCCN: 2013035838

Subjects--Personal Names:
Earl, Esther, 1994-2010.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Thyroid gland--Cancer--Patients--Biography.
Cancer--Patients.
Cancer.

LC Class. No.: RC280.T6 / E27 2014

Dewey Class. No.: 362.19699/4440092 B