The Sun is Also a Star Chapter 2: Natasha Summary

How It All Goes Down

  • Lights up on Natasha, who's in the middle of an argument with her mother. 
  • Natasha's mother thinks she should give up. On what, it is not yet clear. 
  • Apparently, the family is moving to Jamaica, and Natasha does not want to go. Her nine-year-old brother, Peter, had trouble making friends in school and is pumped for an adventure in paradise. 
  • Natasha surveys her room, which she has not packed up at all. She has star charts everywhere, which seems relevant given the title. 
  • She's heading to the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services office to plead her case. 
  • Oh boy. As it turns out, the family isn't so much "moving" to Jamaica as they are "being deported after authorities realized they were undocumented immigrants."