The Sun Is Also A Star

Two New York teenagers meet by chance on a day when one of them is hours away from deportation, and Nicola Yoon follows both of them to nightfall. The novel alternates between their voices and adds brief interludes about the people and forces around them, which keeps the compressed timeline from feeling narrow. Immigration, family expectation and questions about chance and choice run underneath a love story, and the short sections make the book move quickly for younger readers. In brief: • Dual narration across one New York day • Short interstitial chapters widening the cast beyond the two leads • Themes of immigration, family duty and cultural identity • A contemporary young adult story later adapted for the screen Suited to young adult readers and school libraries, available at Boipoka.