AuthorMafi, Tahereh, author
TitleA very large expanse of sea / Tahereh Mafi
ImprintNew York : Harpercollins, 2018
Descript 310 pages ; 22 cm

SUMMARY

It's 2002, a year after 9/11. It's an extremely turbulent time politically, but especially so for someone like Shirin, a sixteen-year-old Muslim girl who's tired of being stereotyped. Shirin is never surprised by how horrible people can be. She's tired of the rude stares, the degrading comments--even the physical violence--she endures as a result of her race, her religion, and the hijab she wears every day. So she's built up protective walls and refuses to let anyone close enough to hurt her. Instead, she drowns her frustrations in music and spends her afternoons break-dancing with her brother. But then she meets Ocean James. He's the first person in forever who really seems to want to get to know Shirin. It terrifies her--they seem to come from two irreconcilable worlds--and Shirin has had her guard up for so long that she's not sure she'll ever be able to let it down


SUBJECT

  1. Muslim teenagers -- United States -- Juvenile fiction
  2. Prejudices -- Juvenile fiction
  3. First loves -- Juvenile fiction
  4. Iranian Americans -- Juvenile fiction
  5. Young adult fiction

LOCATIONCALL#STATUS
Arts LibraryPZ7.M2695 M187V 2018 CHECK SHELVES