![]() ![]() Published in 2018, best-selling author Tahereh Mafi’s first standalone novel was long-listed for a National Book Award. ![]() A Very Large Expanse of Sea crafts a powerful exploration of cultural identity, cross-cultural relationships and the ways that post-9/11 prejudice still echoes in America. As Shirin and Ocean’s relationship grows deeper, the couple faces prejudice and criticism from nearly everyone around them-forcing Shirin to make a heartbreaking decision. It’s an extremely turbulent time politically, but especially so for someone like Shirin, a. But when star basketball player Ocean James, her white lab partner at her new high school, begins showing a genuine interest in getting to know her, Shirin’s guard slowly starts to come down. Longlisted for the National Book Award for Young People's Literature From the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Shatter Me series comes a powerful, heartrending contemporary novel about fear, first love, and the devastating impact of prejudice. In response, she’s withdrawn into herself, only emerging from her shell whenever she practices her dance moves with her brother and his break-dancing crew. ![]() Shirin, a 16-year-old Iranian American who wears a headscarf, has spent the year since the attacks of 9/11 enduring an onslaught of racist and Islamophobic abuse from peers, teachers and strangers. ![]()
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