{"id":150,"date":"2017-06-13T16:49:06","date_gmt":"2017-06-13T16:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olos.ala.org\/csk\/?p=150"},"modified":"2021-07-07T04:41:17","modified_gmt":"2021-07-07T04:41:17","slug":"the-heart-and-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olos.ala.org\/csk\/2017\/06\/13\/the-heart-and-center\/","title":{"rendered":"The Heart and Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-152 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/olos.ala.org\/csk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/sunisalsoastar-192x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"192\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/olos.ala.org\/csk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/sunisalsoastar-192x300.jpg 192w, https:\/\/olos.ala.org\/csk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/sunisalsoastar.jpg 222w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 192px) 100vw, 192px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Love. Family. Science. Poetry. Deportation? A fascinating mix of subjects that Nicola Yoon blends very well in her story&nbsp;<strong>The Sun is Also a Star<\/strong>, the 2017 Coretta Scott King John Steptoe Award for New Talent.<\/p>\n<p>At the heart of this story is a romance between Natasha, a Jamaican, and Daniel, a Korean American.&nbsp; Natasha is a realist, stating scientific and mathematical facts and figures.&nbsp; Daniel, on the other hand, is a poet who speaks from the heart.&nbsp; When they meet in New York, Daniel believes Natasha is \u201cthe one,\u201d while Natasha is reluctant to accept feelings and sticks to the facts.&nbsp; For an intense 12 hours in New York City, Natasha and Daniel grapple with their feelings, Natasha\u2019s possible deportation, and their families.<\/p>\n<p>However, <strong>The Sun is Also a Star<\/strong> is more than a love story.&nbsp; It is also a story about Natasha\u2019s and Daniel\u2019s family and their cultures. Yoon carefully reveals the family history and culture in short vignettes.&nbsp; Connecting these stories, one learns why Natasha is facing deportation and why Daniel\u2019s family owns an African American hair supply store.<\/p>\n<p>Young people will love the intense relationship between Natasha and Daniel. Teachers, on the other hand, will try to figure out how to include this book into their curriculum\/and or literary study.&nbsp; <strong>The Sun is Also a Star<\/strong> can spark many ideas and activities. Love is such a universal theme that books like <strong>The Sun is Also a Star<\/strong> would easily fit in with other love stories.&nbsp; Comparing and contrasting love between characters from different cultures could be compared to other love stories with characters from different backgrounds.&nbsp; Studies in Jamaican and Korean culture would give students a greater understanding of different cultures.&nbsp; Immigration laws, particularly during this time, would certainly be a good topic for any Government\/Social Studies course.&nbsp; Because the sun is really a star, students can state &nbsp;scientific facts while also&nbsp;making literary inferences and meaning from the title.<\/p>\n<p>By Karen Lemmons<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Love. Family. Science. Poetry. Deportation? A fascinating mix of subjects that Nicola Yoon blends very well in her story&nbsp;The Sun is Also a Star, the 2017 Coretta Scott King John Steptoe Award for New Talent. At the heart of this story is a romance between Natasha, a Jamaican, and Daniel, a Korean American.&nbsp; Natasha is &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/olos.ala.org\/csk\/2017\/06\/13\/the-heart-and-center\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Heart and Center<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,15,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-reviews-recommendations","category-csk-award-winners","category-john-steptoe-award"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olos.ala.org\/csk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olos.ala.org\/csk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olos.ala.org\/csk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olos.ala.org\/csk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olos.ala.org\/csk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=150"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/olos.ala.org\/csk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1282,"href":"https:\/\/olos.ala.org\/csk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150\/revisions\/1282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olos.ala.org\/csk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olos.ala.org\/csk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olos.ala.org\/csk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}