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Violence
None
No violence
Language
Barely any
Mild language in a contemporary YA register
Sexual Content
Barely any
YA romance; sweet and tasteful
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
Some
The weight of deportation and the uncertainty of an immigrant family's future; a girl who has learned not to trust things she cannot see; the fragility of a life built on paperwork
What this book is about
Natasha Kingsley-Cho is Jamaican-American and facing deportation tomorrow — her family's visa has expired and no one has been able to stop the clock. Daniel Bae is Korean-American and on his way to a Yale interview his parents have planned his whole life. They meet on the street, and Daniel is certain they are meant to be together. Natasha is a scientist who does not believe in fate. Nicola Yoon's YA novel unfolds over a single extraordinary day, alternating between their perspectives and the stories of the minor characters they touch. A love story built on the specific anxiety of an immigrant family's precarious American life.
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themes of immigration, deportation, and family separation
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