The Sun is Also a Star Characters

The Story of a GirlNatasha is The Sun Is Also A Star's resident cynic. She'd rather discuss the theoretical paradoxes of time travel than daydream about the future. She prefers the musical stylings...

Have you ever felt like you were living in somebody else's shadow—be it a sibling, a friend, or that kid who sat behind you in homeroom peeling glue off his hands, then suddenly became internet-f...

Samuel and Patricia Kingsley are the parents of Natasha and her younger brother, Peter. Samuel had always dreamed of being a professional actor, and one day on his way to an audition, it started to...

Dae Hyun and Min Soo Bae are the parents of Daniel and Charlie. They fell in love in South Korea and moved to New York City after Dae Hyun's cousin opened a prosperous business there. The cousin ga...

Charlie is Daniel's older brother. He's good-looking, smart, popular, talented, and "the firstborn son of a firstborn son" (2). Charlie's a golden boy in every way except one: He's a jerk. Oh, and...

For a character who only gets the spotlight for three short chapters, Irene plays a pivotal role in The Sun Is Also A Star. She's the security guard at the USCIS building Natasha visits in an attem...

Jeremy Fitzgerald is an immigration attorney who's confident he can stop Natasha's deportation at the last minute. Coincidentally—or in a twist of fate, as Daniel would say—he's also the Yale a...

One of the most interesting choices Nicola Yoon makes in The Sun Is Also A Star is the inclusion of background information about "blink-and-you'll-miss-them" characters. Here's a rundown: The condu...