The Sun Is Also a Star (novel)

The Sun Is Also A Star is a #1 New York Times best seller.^[2] Both the book^[4] and audiobook^[5] are Junior Library Guild selections.

The book received starred reviews from Booklist,^[6] The Horn Book,^[4] Kirkus,^[2] Publishers Weekly,^[7] School Library Journal,^[8] and Shelf Awareness,^[9] as well as a positive review from The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books.^[10]

Publishers Weekly called the book "[a] moving and suspenseful portrayal of a fleeting relationship."^[7] Writing for Shelf Awareness, Karin Snelson wrote, "The Sun Is Also a Star--an exhilarating, hopeful novel exploring identity, family, the love of science and the science of love, dark matter and interconnectedness--is about seeing and being seen and the possibility of love... and it shines."^[9]

The audiobook, narrated by Bahni Turpin (Natasha), Raymond Lee (Daniel), and Dominic Hoffman (narrator), received a starred review from School Library Journal, who noted, "The narrators do a stellar job of conveying the characters' individual and interwoven journeys."^[8] Booklist provided a positive review, calling it "[a] rewarding adaptation of a memorable novel."^[11]

The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books,^[12] BuzzFeed,^[13] the Chicago Public Library,^[14] Kirkus,^[2] the Los Angeles Public Library,^[15] the New York Public Library,^[16] Publishers Weekly^[17] named The Sun Is Also a Star one of the best young adult novels of 2016. The Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature included it in their list of the best multicultural books of the year.^[18]

In 2019, Warner Brothers adapted The Sun Is Also a Star into a film directed by Ry Russo-Young and written by Tracy Oliver.^[1] The film starred Yara Shahidi and Charles Melton.^[1][32] The author, "contributed ideas, script notes, and general input on the film."^[1]

After the film's trailer was released in February 2019, three months before the film's release, book sales increased 50 percent.^[1]