# 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.

## 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)

### Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award

- **recommended** · 9th grade · Maryland — [source: Maryland Association of School Librarians — Black-Eyed Susan Book Award, 2018 winner (High School)](https://www.maslmd.org/past-winners)
- **recommended** · 10th grade · Maryland — [source: Maryland Association of School Librarians — Black-Eyed Susan Book Award, 2018 winner (High School)](https://www.maslmd.org/past-winners)
- **recommended** · 11th grade · Maryland — [source: Maryland Association of School Librarians — Black-Eyed Susan Book Award, 2018 winner (High School)](https://www.maslmd.org/past-winners)
- **recommended** · 12th grade · Maryland — [source: Maryland Association of School Librarians — Black-Eyed Susan Book Award, 2018 winner (High School)](https://www.maslmd.org/past-winners)

### 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)

### Summer reading lists

- **recommended** · 10th grade · Massachusetts — [source: Middleborough High School (MA) — Summer Reading 2025, choose one per incoming grade](https://www.midlib.org/sites/midlib.org/files/images/MHS%20Summer%20Reading%202025.pdf)

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