# The Sun is Also a Star

**Author:** Nicola Yoon
**Grade range:** Grades 9–12
**Age range:** 14–17
**First published:** 2016
**Page count:** 384
**Genre:** Realistic Fiction
**ISBN-13:** `9780553496710`
**ISBN-10:** `0553496719`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/the-sun-is-also-a-star
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## 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.

## Themes

- deportation
- social issues
- immigrants
- romance

## Where this book is assigned

### Kentucky Bluegrass Award

- **recommended** · 9th grade · Kentucky — [source: Kentucky Association of School Librarians — Kentucky Bluegrass Award Winner's Circle, 2018 winner (9-12)](https://www.kasl.us/kba/kba-winners-circle)
- **recommended** · 10th grade · Kentucky — [source: Kentucky Association of School Librarians — Kentucky Bluegrass Award Winner's Circle, 2018 winner (9-12)](https://www.kasl.us/kba/kba-winners-circle)
- **recommended** · 11th grade · Kentucky — [source: Kentucky Association of School Librarians — Kentucky Bluegrass Award Winner's Circle, 2018 winner (9-12)](https://www.kasl.us/kba/kba-winners-circle)
- **recommended** · 12th grade · Kentucky — [source: Kentucky Association of School Librarians — Kentucky Bluegrass Award Winner's Circle, 2018 winner (9-12)](https://www.kasl.us/kba/kba-winners-circle)

### Mountain Laurel Book Award (Pennsylvania)

- **recommended** · 9th grade · Pennsylvania — [source: Mountain Laurel Book Award / Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award — PSLA past winners list, 2017-2018 winner (YA)](https://pyrcapsla.wixsite.com/pyrca/past-titles-and-winners)
- **recommended** · 10th grade · Pennsylvania — [source: Mountain Laurel Book Award / Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award — PSLA past winners list, 2017-2018 winner (YA)](https://pyrcapsla.wixsite.com/pyrca/past-titles-and-winners)
- **recommended** · 11th grade · Pennsylvania — [source: Mountain Laurel Book Award / Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award — PSLA past winners list, 2017-2018 winner (YA)](https://pyrcapsla.wixsite.com/pyrca/past-titles-and-winners)
- **recommended** · 12th grade · Pennsylvania — [source: Mountain Laurel Book Award / Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award — PSLA past winners list, 2017-2018 winner (YA)](https://pyrcapsla.wixsite.com/pyrca/past-titles-and-winners)

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