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The sun is also a star

by Yoon, Nicola,

Format: Large Print 2018
Availability: Available at 3 Libraries 3 of 3 copies

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CLP - Library of Accessible Media for Pennsylvanians Teen Large Print Books TEEN FICTION Yoon CL10591
Location  CLP - Library of Accessible Media for Pennsylvanians
 
Collection  Teen Large Print Books
 
Call Number  TEEN FICTION Yoon CL10591
 
 
Moon Township Public Library Large Print LP YOON Nicola
Location  Moon Township Public Library
 
Collection  Large Print
 
Call Number  LP YOON Nicola
 
 
Mt. Lebanon Public Library Large Print Fiction LP YOON Nicola
Location  Mt. Lebanon Public Library
 
Collection  Large Print Fiction
 
Call Number  LP YOON Nicola
 
 

Summary
A #1 New York Times Bestseller A National Book Award FinalistA 2017 Michael L. Printz Honor BookA New York Times Notable BookA BuzzFeed Best YA Book of the YearA Publishers Weekly Best Book of the YearA Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the YearA Booklist Editor's ChoiceAn Amazon Best Book of the YearRecipient of the John Steptoe New Talent AwardNatasha is a girl who believes in science and facts. Not fate. Not destiny. Daniel has always been the good son, the good student. Never the poet. Or the dreamer. Every moment in their lives has brought them to this single moment. A million futures lie before them. Which will come true?
Published Reviews
Booklist Review: "*Starred Review* On a summer morning in New York City, Daniel and Natasha wake up as strangers. This is a day that could catapult their lives into entirely new directions that neither of them wants to take. Natasha has only hours left to prevent her family's deportation to Jamaica, after a minor legal infraction jeopardizes their stay in the U.S. Daniel dreads sealing his fate with an alumni interview that will pave his way to a career in medicine, as his Korean family expects. Despite a day packed with Natasha's desperate race against time and a tangled system, and Daniel's difficult tug-of-war between familial pressures and autonomy, love finds a way in, takes hold, and changes them both forever. Yoon's sophomore effort (Everything, Everything, 2015) is carefully plotted and distinctly narrated in Natasha's and Daniel's voices; yet it also allows space for the lives that are swirling around them, from security guards to waitresses to close relatives. It's lyrical and sweeping, full of hope, heartbreak, fate, and free will. It encompasses the cultural specifics of diverse New York City communities and the universal beating of the human heart. Every day like every book begins full of possibility, but this one holds more than others. HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: Yoon's debut became a best-seller, so the publisher is giving this a strong push that includes a national author tour.--Booth, Heather Copyright 2016 Booklist"
From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. Used with permission.
Publisher's Weekly Review: "Natasha is 17 and an undocumented immigrant from Jamaica who came to the U.S. as a young child. Her family is to be deported at midnight, but she makes a desperate, last-chance effort to talk to an immigration lawyer in Manhattan. Daniel is a Korean-American whose parents insist he go to Yale and become a doctor even though he loves writing poetry and wants the freedom to figure out his own life path. He is unenthusiastically heading to Manhattan for his Yale interview. When the two meet by chance, they end up having a day full of deep conversations. Turpin and Lee both give award-worthy performances. Both completely inhabit their roles in an absolutely natural and authentic way: we feel that Natasha and Daniel are talking to us directly in their own unique voices, sharing their personal stories, feelings, and frustrations in alternating chapters. Both readers are deft with accents, too, whether it's the Korean accents of Daniel's parents or the Jamaican dialect of Natasha's. The voices of the characters will ring in listeners' minds long after the book is completed. Ages 12-up. A Delacorte hardcover. (Nov.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved."
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Additional Information
Series Thorndike Press large print mini-collections.
Subjects Fate and fatalism -- Fiction.
Immigrants -- Fiction.
Noncitizens -- Fiction.
Korean Americans -- Fiction.
First loves -- Fiction.
Jamaicans -- United States -- Fiction.
Interpersonal relations -- Fiction.
Deportation -- Fiction.
Large type books.
New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction.
Young adult fiction.
Romance fiction.
Publisher Farmington Hills, Mich. :Thorndike Press,2018
Edition Large print edition.
Language English
Description 439 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
ISBN 9781432849320
1432849328
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