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. A Very Large Expanse of Sea by Tahereh Mafi eBook Details. 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. 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. A Very Large Expanse of Sea Tahereh Mafi Study Guide Character List Shirin The Iranian-American narrator and main character of the book. (Harper Collins, October 16, 2018) Tags: A Very Large Expanse Of Sea Tahereh Mafi Sharyn Vane Sharyn Vane has reported and edited at newspapers in Washington, D.C., Colorado, Florida and Texas. 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. A Very Large Expanse of Sea reads like a beautiful heartone that shines and aches and yearns, and above all else, one that loves fiercely against all odds. It terrifies her - they seem to come from two. It’s 2002, a year after 9/11, and Shirin has just started at yet another new high school. Hes the first person in forever who really seems to want to get to know Shirin. Told from her point of view, it focuses on the bigotry of the community where her family moves (a community that is never named) and her relationship with Ocean, a prominent white basketball player at the school. expansion extension the wide expanse of scientific knowledge SYNONYMS 1. A Very Large Expanse of Sea follows Shirin during her sophomore year of high school in 2002, one year after 9/11. over a relatively large area that great expanse, the sky 3.

an uninterrupted space or area a wide extent of anything an expanse of water 2. 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 expanse in American English (kspæns) noun 1.

A very large expanse of sea ocean