6/20/2023 0 Comments A wide expanse of sea![]() ![]() 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. 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. He's the first person in forever who really seems to want to get to know her. Shirin drowns her frustrations in music and spends her afternoons break-dancing with her brother.īut then she meets Ocean James. 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 is never surprised by how horrible people can be. It's an extremely turbulent time politically, but especially so for a sixteen-year-old Muslim girl who's tired of being stereotyped. It's 2002, a year after 9/11, and Shirin has just started at yet another new high school. ![]()
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