The Sun Is Also a Star
by Nicola Yoon
50 Total Resources 15 Awards 31 State Lists Book Resume View Text Complexity Discover Like Books
- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
- Romance
- Cultural Experience
- Immigrant / Refugee
- Asian American
- African 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 Trailers 2
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Vocabulary Lists 1
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Awards & Distinctions 15
Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award, 2009-2024
Finalist, 2017
Walter Dean Myers Award for Outstanding Children’s Literature, 2016-2024
Honor, 2017
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
City Selection, 2017
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Audiobooks Selection, 2017
Indies Choice Book Awards, 2009-2019
Honor, 2017
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2017
Michael L. Printz Award, 2000-2024
Honor, 2017
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2024
New Talent Winner, 2017
Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2011-2024
Top 10 Selection, 2017
YALSA Teens' Top Ten, 2003-2023
Winner, 2017
Young Adult Favorites Award, 2015-2024
Selection, 2017
Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2023
Selection, 2016
Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2023
Selection, 2016
Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2024
Young Adult Selection, 2016
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