The Sun Is Also a Star
by Nicola Yoon
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
- Romance
- Cultural Experience
- Immigrant / Refugee
- African American
- Asian American
Year Published 2016
Word Count 66,509
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 650L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.7
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 185630, 10.0 AR Points
- 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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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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About the Author 3
Author Interviews 14
Interview with Nicola Yoon
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Panel discussion with Nicola Yoon
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2017 Walter Dean Myers Award acceptance speech by Nicola Yoon
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Interview with Nicola Yoon
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Insights from Nicola Yoon
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Title Wave Award Interview with Nicola Yoon
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Interview with Nicola Yoon
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Interview with Nicola Yoon
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Interview with Nicola Yoon
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Interview with Nicola Yoon
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Interview with Nicola Yoon
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Interview with Nicola Yoon
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Interview with Nicola Yoon
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Everything Everything and The Sun is Also a Star interview with Nicola Yoon
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 5
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Educator Discussion Guide from State Library of Louisiana
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Discussion Guide from Coretta Scott King Book Awards
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Teaching Ideas from Unleashing Readers
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Book Readings 2
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Video Book Reading narrated by Nicola Yoon
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Book Trailers 2
Movie Trailer from Warner Bros. Pictures
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Video Book Trailer from Eliot Rosewater Book Award
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Vocabulary Lists 1
Word lists, definitions, and example sentences
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Book & Adaptation Websites 1
Awards & Distinctions 14
Michael L. Printz Award, 2000-2023
Honor, 2017
Walter Dean Myers Award for Outstanding Children’s Literature, 2016-2023
Honor, 2017
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2022
City Selection, 2017
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2022
Audiobooks Selection, 2017
Indies Choice Book Awards, 2009-2019
Honor, 2017
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2017
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2023
New Talent Winner, 2017
Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award, 2009-2022
Finalist, 2017
Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2011-2023
Top 10 Selection, 2017
Young Adult Favorites Award, 2015-2023
Selection, 2017
Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2022
Selection, 2016
Horn Book Fanfare, 2001 - 2022
Selection, 2016
Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2022
Young Adults Selection, 2016
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