Nicola Yoon, the author was inspired by big history project, examining the universe and its past, present, and future.

And now, I don’t know if it was the powerful dynamic, the rich storyline, a detailed eulogy to the universe or the warmth it left in my heart in, but this book filled me with admiration. I saw flowers and looked for a funeral, to say the least. 'Love and dark matter were the same, the only thing keeping the universe from flying apart.'Īs I began to read, my presuppositions got the better of me I was skeptical for I am not a huge fan of the YA genre of romance. He too has one day, to save himself from losing himself forever. On the other hand, we see Daniel, yet another immigrant family boy, Korean, subjected to a career in medicine while his true longing is for poetry. Her family is going to be deported the next day and she has only those 24 hours to save her home. Coming from an immigrant family of Jamaica, we find her in the most difficult of situations as the story begins. Natasha is a girl of science, a believer of facts. That alone should be worth a poem or two.'Ĭarl Sagan: It does no harm to the romance of the sunset to know a little about it.Ī brilliant, absorbing and engaging young adult novel, centered on love, time, fate and the universe narrates the story of Natasha and Daniel, two young and extremely passionate people as they embark on a journey across one single day. The sun is also a star and it's our most important one.

'Sure, but why not more poems about the sun.

The star is also a sun book