Follows teenagers Natasha and Daniel over the course of a single day in New York City. Natasha's family, undocumented immigrants from Jamaica, faces deportation because of her father's drunk driving arrest. Daniel, under pressure from his South Korean parents, is preparing for an interview for a spot at Yale. When the two strangers meet, Daniel convinces Natasha to join him for the day, changing the course of their lives forever.
year: 2016
call number/section: 1000
subjects: teenagers, juvenile fiction, fate and fatalism, fiction, new york (n.y.), juvenile fiction, fiction, juvenile fiction / social issues / emotions & feelings, emigration and immigration, deportation, illegal aliens, jamaican americans, korean americans, love, dating (social customs), large type books, love stories, immigrants, romance fiction, domestic fiction
Editions
Yoon, Nicola
Delacorte Press (2016)
"Natasha is a girl who believes in science and facts. Daniel has always been a good son and good student. But when he sees Natasha he forgets all that and believes there is something extraordinary in store for both of them"--OCLC.
Schools: 83
Yoon, Nicola
"Two teens--Daniel, the son of Korean shopkeepers, and Natasha, whose family is here illegally from Jamaica--cross paths in New York City on an eventful day in their lives--Daniel is on his way to an interview with a Yale alum, Natasha is meeting with a lawyer to try and prevent her family's deportation to Jamaica--and fall in love"--.
Schools: 3
Yoon, Nicola
A boy and a girl--both responsible people living in the "real" world--experience love at first sight on a New York City street, and discover a new-found belief in fate, dreams, and the hidden poetry of the soul.
Schools: 2
Yoon, Nicola
Follows teenagers Natasha and Daniel over the course of a single day in New York City. Natasha's family, undocumented immigrants from Jamaica, faces deportation because of her father's drunk driving arrest. Daniel, under pressure from his South Korean parents, is preparing for an interview for a spot at Yale. When the two strangers meet, Daniel convinces Natasha to join him for the day, changing the course of their lives forever.
Schools: 3