“Is there a God? What’s my place in the world? And I think everyone should be asking the big questions all the time, not just the kids but grown-ups, too.” “They’re naturally philosophical and asking about the meaning of life,” Yoon says. What is it about this particular genre that delivers such extraordinary messages and representation?įor New York Times bestselling and award-winning scribe, one of the resounding voices in the young adult fiction genre, telling Black teen stories is of paramount importance because the youth “ask really big questions.” Brilliant young adult fiction centering on Blackness, such as Moonlight, The Hate U Give, Children of Blood and Bone, Push and The Secret Life of Bees, has shown the humanity and nuance of the Black experience. 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.
Following 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.
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