A Very Large Expanse of Sea by Tahereh Mafi – A Review

A Very Large Expanse of Sea by Tahereh Mafi Young Adult | Contemporary Goodreads | Amazon Published by HarperTeen Released October 16, 2018 Rating: A Very Large Expanse of Sea is Tahereh Mafi's first contemporary novel, and it's a good one. Mafi is known mostly for Shatter Me, which is a young adult fantasy series. In this…

12 Amazing Books That Came Out This Week

A Very Large Expanse of Sea by Tahereh Mafi Amazon | Goodreads Although I haven't read any of Tahereh Mafi's books (yet...), I feel like I've been hearing about this one for at least a year. The story takes place in 2002, a year after the events of 9/11, and follows Shirin, a sixteen-year-old Muslim…

2018 National Book Awards Longlist for Young People’s Literature

The National Book Foundation announced their longlist for young people's literature. There are some obvious names on the list, like Tahereh Mafi, but a few others you may not have heard of yet. The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin We'll Fly Away by Bryan…