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Over a single day we watch how fate weaves its way into their relationship and their futures – together and apart. The Sun Is Also a Star, which is a finalist for the National Book Award, is told from the alternating perspectives of two teenagers – one a Korean American boy who is on the “doctor tract” despite his proclivity for poetry the other, a Jamaican girl who is desperately trying to save her family from their imminent deportation. Not only is Nicola Yoon answering the call for more diversity in YA Literature, she is also creating compelling, honest, and memorable characters in her fiction. Thankfully my mom was around that day to watch the baby, because I couldn’t put it down.

I was on maternity leave over the summer when I received an early copy of The Sun Is Also a Star.