The Sun Is Also a Star Review

 

The Sun Is Also A Star Review

This book takes place in New York.

The main characters are Natasha and Daniel.

Natasha is about to be deported to Jamaica and she is trying to get the deportation reversed. Daniel is a Korean American getting ready to interview for admissions into Yale.

Natasha is mad at her dad for getting a DUI where the police find out they are illegal. They came to America eight years earlier on a visitor visa and never left when the visa expired. Her father came over first wanting to become an actor. He never did succeed. She goes to a government agency to talk with them but doesn't get anywhere. One of the workers feels sorry for her and gives her a name of an attorney to see if he could help her.

Daniel doesn't want to go to Yale to become a doctor. His parents want him to go because they want him to do better then them. They own their own shop. Daniel wants to write poetry.

On their way to their appointments they end up meeting up. It's a little rough at the beginning.

Both appointments get postpone for later in the day. This gives them time to get to know each other better.

Natasha finally tell Daniel that she will be deported later in the day if the lawyer can't do his magic. Daniel gets upset at her for not telling him in the beginning. He says he is starting to fall in love with her and thought he would have more time. 

Does Natasha get deported?

Does Daniel go to Yale?

Do they fall in love and stay together?

You have to read the book to find out the answers. 

I enjoyed this book a lot. The author did her research well and I felt like she did a great in portraying the characters. It had great ideas and it taught me a lot about what happens when a person is deported or about to be deported. This book had a lot of diversity in it also. She portrayed an African American female in a relationship with a Korean American.. The lawyer was white so as I said a lot of diversity. I would recommend this book.