The Sun Is Also A Star

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Some people believe in fate.Everything happens for a reason, and you have to just believe in what is happening and make the best of it. In The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon, Nicola gives the reader many moments that emphasize this. Natasha Kingsley a 17 year old girl has to go through having to be deported, she still meets Daniel and has the time of their lives together. Even after knowing she would have to leave. Some may believe that love at first sight and fate are something that can’t happen, However The Sun is Also a Star, is a perfect representation of that statement being wrong. At the very beginning of the story, the author made it clear that these two people were instantly connected in some way. When Natasha snapped at Daniel

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