She’s defiant and funny, beautiful and creative, and she and Ocean make an a lovely couple.
So many of the incidents that happen in this book made me so angry, and I’m just really happy that Tahereh wrote this piece – it’s really relevant to today’s issues in terms of racism and Islamophobia. It’s a romance story, but it’s also a story about learning to love and an eye-opening piece about racism, microaggressions, and feminism. This novel is about Shirin, who moves to a new school, and meets a boy named Ocean, who shows interest in her and her life. A VERY LARGE EXPANSE OF SEA is moving, emotional, romantic, and enlightening. I’m blown away once again by Tahereh Mafi’s words. It terrifies her-they seem to come from two irreconcilable worlds-and Shirin has had her guard up 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 Shirin. Instead, she 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. So she’s built up protective walls and refuses to let anyone close enough to hurt her. Shirin is never surprised by how horrible people can be. It’s an extremely turbulent time politically, but especially so for someone like Shirin, a sixteen-year-old Muslim girl who’s tired of being stereotyped.
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