6/30/2023 0 Comments A wide expanse of seaCan she learn to trust someone else enough to let him in? Overall: 5Ĭharacters: 5 Wow. She lives her life constantly on guard against the abuse of the world which makes it hard for her to understand new boy Ocean's kindness and interest in her as a person. She's, sadly, come to expect the negativity, though at every new place she walks into. No one around her understands her choices, and, worse, they don't bother to listen about how it makes her feel empowered. Being a young woman who chooses to wear a hijab makes her both an object of crude fascination and, in 2002 post 9/11 world, an object of ridicule. But a new place didn't always mean better, and Shirin knows that well. Jumping from city to city, state to state, and even country to country, Shirin's parents are always in search of a better life. Overview: Shirin has gone to twelve different schools. A Very Large Expanse of Sea by Tahereh Mafi (October 16)
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