Five Feet Apart
In this #1 New York Times bestselling novel that’s perfect for fans of John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars, two teens fall in love with just one minor complication—they can’t get within a few feet of each other without risking their lives. Can you love someone you can never touch? Stella Grant likes to be in control—even though her totally out of control lungs have sent her in and out of the hospital most of her life. At this point, what Stella needs to control most is keeping herself away from anyone or anything that might pass along an infection and jeopardize the possibility of a lung transplant. Six feet apart. No exceptions. The only thing Will Newman wants to be in control of is getting out of this hospital. He couldn’t care less about his treatments, or a fancy new clinical drug trial. Soon, he’ll turn eighteen and then he’ll be able to unplug all these machines and actually go see the world, not just its hospitals. Will’s exactly what Stella needs to stay away from. If he so much as breathes on Stella, she could lose her spot on the transplant list. Either one of them could die. The only way to stay alive is to stay apart. But suddenly six feet doesn’t feel like
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A rule-following teenager with cystic fibrosis meets a charming boy on her hospital floor with the same disease. Their illness means they have to keep six feet apart at all times. They start counting in inches.
Yes. The novelization was released alongside the 2019 film starring Cole Sprouse and Haley Lu Richardson. Justin Baldoni directed. The novel and film were developed in parallel, with the film conceived first.
Five Feet Apart is fictional but informed by real cystic fibrosis patient experiences. The book and film are dedicated to Claire Wineland, a CF activist and YouTube creator who consulted on the project before her death in 2018.
Five Feet Apart was written by Rachael Lippincott, published in 2018 by Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers.
Five Feet Apart is 288 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, Five Feet Apart takes most readers 4 to 6 hours to finish.
Five Feet Apart is a standalone novel by Rachael Lippincott, not part of a series.
Five Feet Apart is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.