Book Review Club: The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon #YA #multicultural #review

The Sun Is Also a Star coverThe Sun Is Also a Star
by Nicola Yoon
Ember, 2019
Young Adult

This is a multiracial young adult romance. Daniel, a Korean American teen about to start college, meets Natasha, an immigrant from Jamaica, who is about to be deported. Daniel is immediately smitten, and they spend a whirlwind of a day in New York as Natasha attempts to find an immigration attorney who can stop the deportation.

Both kids are delightful. Daniel has a quirky sense of self-deprecating humor. He loves writing poetry. Natasha wants to study science, and thinks of everything in scientific terms. This a classic case of opposites attract.

I enjoyed the story. However, the story behind the deportation involves Natasha’s father’s appearance in the play A Raisin in the Sun, which I read earlier this year. It helped me to understand her father, as he is much like the son in the play.

The author also does a good job of showing both sides of the immigration story, with Daniel’s family being legal and Natasha’s being undocumented. She is a classic Dreamer, with intelligence and ambition, the kind of kid we should want in this country.

I enjoyed the book very much.

Linda McLaughlin

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6 thoughts on “Book Review Club: The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon #YA #multicultural #review

  1. It sounds like this would be a good book for young adults to better understand what a lot of dreamers have been experiencing because of politics. Thanks for reviewing.

  2. So glad you enjoyed this book. I did, too. You would probably like Everything, Everything, also by Nicola Yoon. And perhaps her husband’s books (David Yoon) as well! I liked Frankly in Love. Loved this review!

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