A VERY LARGE EXPANSE OF SEA

This is a gorgeous book. It s tender and fierce, beautiful even as it depicts some ugly truths. The prose is passionate and honest, unsentimental and big-hearted. The very best books move you to reconsider the world around you and this is one of those. I truly loved it – Nicola Yoon, bestselling author of Everything, Everything From the New York Times bestselling author of the Shatter Me series comes a powerful, heartrending contemporary YA novel about fear, first love, and the devastating impact of prejudice It s 2002, a year after 9/11, and Shirin has just started at yet another new high school. It s an extremely turbulent time politically, but especially so for 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. Shirin 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 her. It terrifies her -they seem to come from two irreconcilable worlds – and Shirin has had her guard up against the world for so long that she s not sure she ll ever be able to let it down. Perfect for fans of the Shatter Me series as well as Angie Thomas s The Hate U Give and Nicola Yoon s The Sun is Also A Star. About the author: Tahereh Mafi is the New York Times bestselling author of the Shatter Me series which has been published in over 30 languages around the world. She was born in a small city somewhere in Connecticut and currently resides in Santa Monica, California, with her husband, Ransom Riggs, fellow bestselling author of Miss Peregrine s