A Very Large Expanse of Sea (Pre-Owned Paperback 9781405292603) by Tahereh Mafi

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9781405292603. Very good condition. Mass-market paperback. Pages: 304. Glued binding. B-format paperback. 304 p. Intended for a young adult/teenage audience. 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 Home For Peculiar Children and their young daughter. She can usually be found overcaffeinated and stuck in a book. You can find her online just about anywhere at @TaherehMafi or on her website ... Also by Tahereh Mafi: Shatter Me Unravel Me Ignite Me Restore Me Praise for 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 I started reading A Very Large Expanse of Sea on a plane and couldn t put it down until I d finished the entire thing. Tahereh Mafi s beautiful story touched my heart and taught me so much I cannot wait for the world to read!! - Tomi Adeyemi bestselling author of Children of Blood and Bone A raw yet astoundingly elegant examination of identity loneliness and family that is unflinching in its honesty and power. Tahereh Mafi holds nothing back - and the reader is better for it. - Sabaa Tahir New York Times bestselling author of Ember in the Ashe