The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon
Summary
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?
Book Setting: New York City
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services - where Natasha visits to fight for her citizenship.
Flatbush - Brooklyn neighborhood where Natasha and her family lived.
Times Square Station - Where Daniel gets off the train right before he sees Natasha for the first time.
Martin Luther King Blvd - Where Daniel’s parents’ store is located.
The American Museum of Natural History - Natasha’s favorite place, where she goes to visit the Hall of Meteorites.
Hunter College - Where Daniel decides to go instead of Yale.
Reviews
“This could be a sappy, saccharine story of love conquering all, but Yoon’s lush prose chronicles an authentic romance that’s also a meditation on family, immigration, and fate.”
— Kirkus Reviews
“Within the first 20 pages of THE SUN IS ALSO A STAR, I knew I was reading something special, and within the first 50, I knew this was going to be one of my favorite books of 2016. Natasha and Daniel are funny, flawed, fully-developed characters who feel as familiar as old friends.”
— Sabaa Tahir, Goodreads Review
“I [fell] in love with her words, the way she played with language, the way she dropped knowledge, and the way she made Natasha and Daniel’s love real.”
— Rich in Color