![]() Mafi openly addresses many common misconceptions about Islam and what it means to be a woman of color in the face of racism, showing how differences can be applauded, not feared. Mafi (the Shatter Me series) infuses a contemporary love story with a heartbreakingly realistic portrait of one post-9/11 Muslim life in the United States. ![]() Meanwhile, Shirin finds solace by starting a breakdancing crew with her brother and his friends. A Very Large Expanse of Sea Tahereh Mafi, Longlisted for the National Book Award for Young Peoples 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. But the new couple soon becomes targets of racism, xenophobia, and bigotry. ![]() Against her better judgment, Shirin lets Ocean in and slowly begins to fall for him. ![]() That is, until she meets Ocean James in her biology class. She rages at those who assume that her religion and headscarf make her a terrorist, but instead of letting her anger “grip both sides of my mouth open and rip me in half,” she uses indifference as armor against the hostile stares of her peers. Hijabi Shirin, 16, starts at a new school in small-town America shortly after 9/11. ![]()
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