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Have you ever read two book by the same author? If you haven't, then you may wonder if two books by the same author are more alike or different. You can find out by taking a close look at both books. Let's look at Papertowns and The Fault In Our Stars, both written by John Green, and see if they are similar or different in their setting, characters, problems, and resolutions, and their conflicts.
In the story Papertowns, there is a girl named Margo Roth Spiegelman, she is the "queen bee" also known as the popular girl, but she is having problems with her ex-boyfriend. Then she and one of her friends named Quentin, or "Q", go off trying to pull pranks on her ex-boyfriend. The next day Margo goes missing, and all of her friends try to go looking
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They start hanging around and growing a relationship with each other. They take a trip to Amsterdam, to go visit their favorite author, and learn more about each other. This book is in modern times, in Indianapolis, and Amsterdam. Throughout this story, you will meet a whole cast of characters. Their names are Hazel Grace Lancaster, Augustus Waters, Peter Van Houten, Isaac, Mr. and Mrs. Waters, and Mr. and Mrs. Lancaster. Hazel Grace is a very strong person; she deals with her cancer everyday without feeling sorry for herself, in fact she is the total opposite. Hazel Grace is also the type of person who tries to help others feel good. Augustus Waters is the complete package in Hazel's eyes. Augustus is the romantic type who is always staying strong for Hazel and she helps Hazel every step of the way. Augustus also suffers from cancer, but he never mentions it, and he never tries to feel sorry for himself either, because he doesn't see cancer like most people do. Unlike most people, he doesn’t see cancer as a stump on the road; he just sees it as a regular illness. Peter Van Houten can only be described in one word...DRUNK! Although Peter Van Houten does drink lots of scotch, he is a very good author; he has written many books. He also bases

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