A Very Large Expanse of Sea Audiobook (Free)

A National Book Honor Longlist title!

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.

It’s 2002, a yr after 9/11. It’s an exceptionally turbulent period politically, but specifically so for someone like Shirin, a sixteen-year-old Muslim female who’s sick and tired of being stereotyped.

Shirin is never surprised by how horrible people could be. She’s tired of the about A LARGE Expanse of Sea rude stares, the degrading comments-even the physical violence-she endures due to her competition, her religion, and the hijab she wears every day. So she’s developed protective walls and won’t let anyone close enough to hurt her. Instead, she drowns her frustrations in music and spends her afternoons break-dancing with her brother.

But she fits Ocean James. He’s the first person in permanently who really seems to need to get to know Shirin. It terrifies her-they appear to result from two irreconcilable worlds-and Shirin has already established her safeguard up for so long that she’s uncertain she’ll ever be able to allow it down.