The Sun Is Also a Star

This is a book I have been recommending to teenagers and adults alike.

This is no ordinary romantic tale of girl meets boy; it is a very much contemporary take on the notion. Two very different protagonists, from two very different backgrounds are brought together in the immigrant ‘melting pot’ of New York City. In what could be seen as a modern-day Romeo and Juliet, the characters are much more self-aware than in Shakespeare’s original and thankfully this leads to a more enlightened outcome, for them, and the people they meet on their journey.

Using deceptively simple short chapters which… show more.

In The Sun is Also a Star, we meet Natasha who loves science and is hours away from being deported. On what is possibly her last day in the country, she meets Daniel. They spend the day together all the while, Natasha travels around the city trying to get legal help for her possible deportation. This book really stood out to me because that is a lot of stress put on a young woman. It also shows a very broken immigration system that isn’t fair to many families.