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| ISBN-13: | 9781101627143 |
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| Publisher: | Penguin Young Readers Group |
| Publication date: | 01/28/2014 |
| Sold by: | Penguin Group |
| Format: | NOOK Book |
| Pages: | 448 |
| Sales rank: | 538,888 |
| Lexile: | 960L (what's this?) |
| File size: | 25 MB |
| Note: | This product may take a few minutes to download. |
| Age Range: | 12 Years |
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This Star Won't Go Out: The Life and Words of Esther Grace Earl
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This Star Won’t Go Out, a book about the life of a girl with thyroid cancer, is an inspiration to all who read it. Esther Earl, first diagnosed at the age of twelve, spent her time on earth wanting to make a difference. Along with achieving this dream on a larger scale, Esther was able to help fill the world with love and compassion. Prevalent themes throughout Esther’s story, aside from the obvious cancer aspect, are love and the want to have a significant impact on the world. This book kept you on your toes as you read, transitioning between journal entries, letters, drawings, pictures, and various dialogues from online. Combining all of these elements created a timeline of Esther’s life, but can get annoying if you’re hoping for a consistent read. I particularly enjoyed Esther’s journal entries and letters, the areas where she would speak her mind, as well as the photos that allow the reader to see that this really was just a normal teenage girl, cursed with the misfortune of cancer. Fans of The Fault in Our Stars (dedicated to Esther), Vlogbrothers, or the Harry Potter Alliance are prime candidates for this book. Esther shared a love for all things nerdy, something that many potential readers can connect with throughout the book. Upon achieving minor fame via the internet (thanks to John Green), many idolized the teenage girl with cancer, but her journal entries reveal that Esther considered her life rather dull, sleeping in till 7pm, mainly just leaving home for the hospital. For this reason, Esther’s story will hopefully not make it to the big screen like the upcoming Fault in Our Stars movie. Adapting her life to film would result in glorification, creating a story far less truthful than the reality. In reality dying is never pleasant, and those who are uneasy reading about the side effects of dying would be wise to search for a different book to read. This book easily deserves five stars, and would recommend it to anyone that wasn’t quite ready to hear the last from Esther Earl.
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Buy it in hardback. This book cones alive in part with Esther's doodles and photographs, things that an ebook can't do nearly as well. This is such a beautiful book, it deserves to be read off of thinly sliced trees, just like in the "olden days". ;) Hope this helped! :)
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Read this book, its beautiful and incredible and John wants you to!
DFTBA
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This. Book. Is. Amazing. And beautiful. And freaking awesome.
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This a collection of Esther Earls diay while she was sick with Thyroid Cancer. Introduction by award wining author John Green this book tells a story of a regular girl in a very scary situation.
"Just be happy, am if you cant be happy do thing that make you happy, or do nothing with the people who make you happy" -Esther Earl
For ages 10+
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Hi Everyone, I just finished reading This Star Won't Go Out last night and I thought it was absolutely wonderful. What an inspiration. It is uniquely written and beautifully illustrated by Ester herself. Loved it!
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Great book so far
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Dear Esther,
Hey, Star. I never met you, but after reading this book many times, i feel like i have known you my whole life. You are SOOO inspirational, and you lived a wonderful, yet short, life. You taught me to face each problem with a smile on my face and to know that things will get better. Most of all, thought, you taught me to LOVE, which is something that you did very well. Rest in Awesome, Esther!
Ps. DFTBA!
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By the end of this book, you will feel like Esther Earl is your own friend. It's truthful, playful, heartbreaking, and inspiring all at once. There is more filler content in it than I feel is necessary, but it's all right.
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Ester Grace Earl is the person that the book The Fault in our Stars was inspired by. The author of that book John Green is very quick to tell you though that the book is NOT based on her, just inspired.
This book is about Ester and her fight with thyroid cancer. She was only 14 when she was diagnosed and lived to be 16. In this book we see entries from her journal she kept, letters to family members, and messages from her Caring Bridge Page. We also see stories her family/friends have added about her.
Ester wanted to help others and one day have something published. She loved to draw and write. Her dream came true after her death. Ester had a lot of online friends since she was unable to spend a lot of time with people in person. These friends are more like family and are still healing from the loss of Ester.
Ester was such a strong and mature teenager. I know someone that is an adult with cancer and is not handling it anywhere near the way Ester handled hers. She was mature and wise well beyond her years.
This book is a pure testament that we have no idea how much we affect other people. Everyone loved Ester and miss her greatly. We can all learn to be there for others the way Ester was for strangers and friends alike.
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The girl on the cover, Ester, looks a lot like dana from the tv show the goldbergs.
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Wow... just wow.. I feel so lucky
when I read this book. R.I.P Esther!
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This book was awesome and inspiring to me if u ever want a god book to read this is your book
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This is the most amazing book I have ever read in my life. Esther stayed brave in the face of death, and for that, she is one of the bravest people I have heard of yet. RIP Esther. And to every single child out there with cancer, just know that I care. You are all amazing.
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This book is so amazing, i literlly cry every time i think about it. In fact i'm crying right now
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This book is a collection of Esther Earl's journal entries, her parents' blog entries, and basically anything that has to do with Esther.
Esther has a way of writing that is very moving. She writes about her life, but she doesn't blur the edges. Everything she says is how it happened; it's real. She herself is real. She got drunk. She wants to have some sort of relationship with a guy. She kept secrets from her parents. And all those things are included. They aren't omitted because it would make Esther seem like a "bad" daughter. Instead, they are there and present and show how relate-able she is.
Esther changed so many lives and the book explains that. Everything she has done, or inspired people to do is there and it is amazing to read about. Think about your favorite person who has a biography that is just somewhat fascinating. Now up the interesting tidbits by about two hundred percent and you have TSWGO.
I loved reading the chats and conversations Esther had with her friends in their online group, Catitude. I loved seeing how the friendships grew so strong so that nothing could break them. This book probed even the deepest bonds between people and exposed them to the world (that sounds awful, but trust me, it turned out great).
The book explains how Esther loved so wholly and deeply. Everyone who knew her mentions that at some point when they wrote. She seems like someone I would have loved to meet.
Other side. Yes, I have read some of the reviews that say "I just don't see what is so remarkable about Esther." And I understand where you are coming from, even if I do not agree in this particular case, because, wow, this girl did so much in her life, just by living. She inspired so many and she wanted to help as much as she could and more. But, I get what you reviewers are saying. I used to read magazine articles saying, "Sixteen-year-old runs marathon for her dad, who passed away due to ________" and I always said to myself, "I ran a marathon when I was fifteen. Where's my article?" But the fact remains that you have to blow on the flame a bit. You have to be good enough at what you do to inspire someone who has influence. Which Esther did. Both by making her own YouTube videos and by meeting John Green, Andrew Slack, Paul deGeorge, and many more. She was so good at loving and encouraging and living that she inspired some "top people". Therefore, she is known. If you want to be known for something, get out into the world and do something. Something inspirational, preferably. Robbing a bank will not get you millions of fans. Hopefully.
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Oh esther.
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This is a really good book that is a true story. This book inspired John green to write the fault in our stars. But in the print book there are hand writen notes and doodles that don't show up very well on the nook. Also if you have the nook simple touch the color pictures are in black and white.
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I love this book!
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I really want this but i will probably get it in hardcover i saw it in a bookstore
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I love this book! It is amazing! It is sort of sad though. I couldn't put it down! I highly recommend it!
-Amy :)
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If you read this book, you will see another example of someone who was beautifully flawed
Rest in Awesome, Esther Earl
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