Monday, February 20, 2017

The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon


For fans of Everything, Everything, this is an entirely different book--yet, it is just as entirely engrossing. Natasha (Tasha) is an undocumented immigrant from Jamaica, living with her family in New York City. Daniel is a first-generation American, born to parents who emigrated from South Korea for a better life. By chance, or perhaps arranged by the Fates, Tasha and Daniel meet on Tasha’s last day in America--she is on her way to see a lawyer to fight deportation orders, and Daniel is headed to an interview for Yale and a future he neither planned or wanted. The writing is exquisite, Tasha and Daniel are absolutely endearing, and this book solidifies Yoon as one of my very favorite authors. Read it--I dare you to not love it. I recommend this book to readers who enjoy stories about relationships, tough choices, family, and the paths we choose in life as well as finding out where these paths will eventually lead us.

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