The Sun Is Also a Star
by Nicola Yoon
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
- Romance
- Cultural Experience
- African American
- Immigrant / Refugee
- Asian American
Year Published 2016
Word Count 66,509
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 650L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.7
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 185630, 10 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Jamaican Americans--Fiction
- Love--Fiction
- Fate and fatalism--Fiction
- Korean Americans--Fiction
- Deportation--Fiction
- New York (N.Y.)--Fiction
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes | Emotions & Feelings
- Illegal aliens--Fiction
- Emigration and immigration--Fiction
- Young Adult Fiction | Romance | General
- JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Emotions & Feelings
- Young Adult Fiction
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes | New Experience
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 6
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Book & Adaptation Websites 1
Awards & Distinctions 15
![Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award, 2009-2024](/images/awards/32.jpg.pagespeed.ce.6IBWCp5ke6.jpg)
Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award, 2009-2024
Finalist, 2017
![Walter Dean Myers Award for Outstanding Children’s Literature, 2016-2024](/images/awards/58.jpg.pagespeed.ce.Hz7RbNZ4r6.jpg)
Walter Dean Myers Award for Outstanding Children’s Literature, 2016-2024
Honor, 2017
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Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023
City Selection, 2017
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Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023
Audiobooks Selection, 2017
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Indies Choice Book Awards, 2009-2019
Honor, 2017
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CCBC Choices
Selection, 2017
![Michael L. Printz Award, 2000-2024](/images/list_image/97.jpg)
Michael L. Printz Award, 2000-2024
Honor, 2017
![Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2024](/images/CSKlogoWatermark.jpg)
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2024
New Talent Winner, 2017
![Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2011-2024](/images/awards/146.png)
Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2011-2024
Top 10 Selection, 2017
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YALSA Teens' Top Ten, 2003-2023
Winner, 2017
![Young Adult Favorites Award, 2015-2024](/images/awards/103.png)
Young Adult Favorites Award, 2015-2024
Selection, 2017
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Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2023
Selection, 2016
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Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2023
Selection, 2016
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Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2023
Young Adult Selection, 2016
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