What is the CSA in the novel, I’ll Give You the Sun?

The California School of the Arts, or CSA, is a private, arts-oriented high school with a curriculum geared primarily toward the arts. It is located close to Lost Cove, California, and is attended by students from all over the world, though most are from America. It is a school that Noah desperately wants to get into in order to advance his art, and is a school that Jude originally couldn’t care less about applying for. In the end, it is Jude who truly finds her calling through art at the school, while Noah’s non-attendance renews his passion for art – a non-attendance made possible by Jude’s refusal to mail in his application.