The Sun Is Also a Star
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4.3 • 62 Ratings
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- $9.99
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
#1 New York Times bestselling author Nicola Yoon is back with her second book, and just like Everything, Everything, it's an instant classic with a love story that's just as intense as Maddy and Olly's--get ready for Natasha and Daniel.
This book is inspired by Big History (to learn about one thing, you have to learn about everything). In The Sun is Also a Star, to understand the characters and their love story, we must know everything around them and everything that came before them that has affected who they are and what they experience.
Two teens--Daniel, the son of Korean shopkeepers, and Natasha, whose family is here illegally from Jamaica--cross paths in New York City on an eventful day in their lives--Daniel is on his way to an interview with a Yale alum, Natasha is meeting with a lawyer to try and prevent her family's deportation to Jamaica--and fall in love.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
We’re so into Nicola Yoon’s whip-smart story about two young Americans: an undocumented Jamaican girl who loves science and grunge and an aspiring poet whose Korean parents are pushing him to be a doctor. In each short, perfect chapter, Yoon gets into the head of one of her searching protagonists or a peripheral character, including a subway conductor and an immigration department security guard. The Sun Is Also a Star is funny, sad, and exhilarating—just like life in New York.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Is it fate or chance that brings people together? This is the question posed in this impressively multilayered tale of a one-day romance featuring practical Natasha, whose family is facing deportation to Jamaica, and Daniel, a first-generation Korean American with a poet's sensibility. The teens' eventful day begins at a New York City record store, where they see someone shoplifting. It's the first of many significant moments that occur as Natasha desperately seeks aid to stay in America and Daniel prepares for a college interview with a Yale alum. Drawn together, separated, and converging again, both teens recognize with startling clarity that they are falling in love. With a keen eye for detail and a deep understanding of every character she introduces, Yoon (Everything, Everything) weaves an intricate web of threads connecting strangers as she delves into the personal histories of her protagonists, as well as the emotions and conflicts of others who cross their paths. A moving and suspenseful portrayal of a fleeting relationship. Ages 12 up.
Customer Reviews
Beautiful
Its so beautifully written, and the love between these two is so palpable throughout the story. I was disappointed with the ending, but nonetheless, it is still a really good book.