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2002. Un an après les attentats du 11 septembre qui ont ébranlé le monde entier, la vie de Shirin est un enfer. Pointée du doigt, insultée, menacée, cette lycéenne d'origine iranienne n'a pour seules échappatoires que la musique et la breakdance.

Jusqu'au jour où elle rencontre Océan James. L'intérêt que lui porte le jeune homme la déstabilise... D'autant que les deux adolescents viennent de deux mondes que tout oppose.

It’s 2002, a year after 9/11. It’s an extremely turbulent time politically, but especially so for someone like Shirin, a sixteen-year-old Muslim girl who’s tired of being stereotyped.

Shirin is never surprised by how horrible people can be. 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. So she’s built up protective walls and refuses to let anyone close enough to hurt her. Instead, she drowns her frustrations in music and spends her afternoons break-dancing with her brother.

But then she meets Ocean James. He’s the first person in forever who really seems to want to get to know Shirin. It terrifies her—they seem to come from two irreconcilable worlds—and Shirin has had her guard up for so long that she’s not sure she’ll ever be able to let it down.