Tahereh Mafi, best known for her Shatter Me series, has stepped away from fantasy to pen this incredibly realistic novel based on her own experiences. But when Shirin is paired with Ocean James in biology class, he slowly begins to chip away at the walls Shirin has constructed. When Shirin joins in and perfects her power moves like crab walks and head spins, she becomes someone else-someone who isn’t afraid of being hurt. The one place she feels comfortable is in the dance studio with her brother and his break-dancing team. Having grown used to the misconceptions, name-calling and outright racism hurled her way for wearing a hijab, Muslim-American Shirin has developed a tough exterior and an even tougher interior. A year after 9/11, 16-year-old Shirin is starting yet another first day of school at her third high school in two years, and she’s over it.
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