The Sun is Also a Star

Reviewed by: Sheila Dube - Springvale Public Library, Springvale, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: November 25, 2016

Review

Recommending this YA love story for cream consideration. Yoon has crafted in fine detail the way quick decisions by various people in busy NYC intertwine, similar to the six degrees of separation phenomenon, profoundly impact Jamaican Senior, Natasha, who is being deported in twelve hours, and Daniel, a first generation American Korean, who instantly falls in love with her . Yoon's style fashions random layers of information in quick two and three page passages and brings them into focus under the simple premise of love at first sight. Some times these quick bullets of information create other stories about love in all their right and wrongness. Over the course of a day, Natasha and Daniel use the 5 questions and stare into each other's eyes for 4 minutes to fall in love study to peel back the layers of their complicated lives. A timely story that will sensitize readers to the pressures that family expectations, cultural traditions and racism create among relationships. Brilliant as a Sun.

Overall Book Score: excellent