Over the last 20 years, Black teen stories have been increasingly magnified in film and literature. The screenplay adaptation, written by Tracy Oliver, stars Yara Shahidi and traces the modern-day love story of Natasha, a teenage Jamaican immigrant who spends her final hours in America falling for a Korean American stranger before her family’s scheduled deportation. Now, The Sun Is Also a Star has been adapted for the big screen (with a screenplay adaptation by Tracy Oliver).įollowing the success of her first novel, Everything Everything-a heartwarming story about an isolated 18-year-old Black girl, Madeleine, who yearns for a normal teenage life while suffering from SCID (Severe combined immunodeficiency) and falls in love with the boy next door-Nicola Yoon, the Jamaican-American author, continues her run with The Sun Is Also a Star.
Shadow and Act interviews Jamaican-American writer Nicola Yoon, author of Everything Everything and The Sun Is Also a Star.
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