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The Sun is Also a Star
- 384 pages · about 6 hours
- First published 2016
- 22 editions
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1 About this book
Natasha: I’m a girl who believes in science and facts. Not fate. Not destiny. Or dreams that will never come true. I’m definitely not the kind of girl who meets a cute boy on a crowded New York City street and falls in love with him. Not when my family is twelve hours away from being deported to Jamaica. Falling in love with him won’t be my story.
Daniel: I’ve always been the good son, the good student, living up to my parents’ high expectations. Never the poet. Or the dreamer. But when I see her, I forget about all that. Something about Natasha makes me think that fate has something much more extraordinary in store—for both of us.
The Universe: Every moment in our lives has brought us to this single moment. A million futures lie before us. Which one will come true?
- Immigrants
- Romance
- Korean Americans
- Emigration and immigration
- Social Issues
- Young adult fiction
- Relationships
- Love
2 What to expect
A young adult romance set over a single day in New York: a science-minded girl whose family is about to be deported to Jamaica meets the son of Korean immigrants, a would-be poet who believes in fate. The two take turns narrating, and the book keeps asking how strangers' lives are connected. It is warm, quick and hopeful, and it takes immigration and family expectations seriously.
Good for readers who want: a young adult love story, one day in New York, and immigration and family.
3 About Nicola Yoon
Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
4 More by Nicola Yoon
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