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Five Feet Apart

by Rachael Lippincott

Love under a strict medical boundary

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Awards & Recognition

  • Award recognition

    Goodreads Choice Winner — Best Young Adult Fiction of 2019

    Winner, Best Young Adult Fiction of 2019

  • Bestseller

    #1 New York Times Bestseller

    Described as a #1 New York Times bestselling novel.

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Love under a strict medical boundary

Stella and Will’s relationship develops inside a hospital, where the distance between them is tied directly to Stella’s risk of infection and hopes for a lung transplant. Their contrasting priorities—her careful attention to treatment and his desire to leave the hospital—give the romance a conflict rooted in illness, medical vulnerability, and the limits imposed by safety. The five-foot rule becomes both a practical measure and the central pressure shaping their choices. The novel brings young love into close contact with questions of independence, risk, and how connection can be pursued when physical closeness is dangerous.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teens and young adults interested in contemporary romance with a medical setting.
  • Readers drawn to stories about illness, treatment, and the constraints these place on relationships.

Themes

Young love and physical distanceChronic illness and medical vulnerabilitySafety, risk, and personal independence

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Book overview

Also a major motion picture starring Cole Sprouse and Haley Lu Richardson!
Goodreads Choice Winner, Best Young Adult Fiction of 2019

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. Five 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 five feet doesn't feel like safety. It feels like punishment.

What if they could steal back just a little bit of the space their broken lungs have stolen from them? Would five feet apart really be so dangerous if it stops their hearts from breaking too?
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