Hollow Fires by Samira Ahmed
This powerful, gripping thriller from a New York Times bestselling author shows the insidious nature of racism, the terrible costs of unearthing hidden truths--and the undeniable power of hope.Safiya Mirza dreams of becoming a journalist. And one thing she's learned as editor of her school newspaper is that a journalist's job is to find the facts and not let personal biases affect the story. But all that changes the day she finds the body of a murdered boy.
Jawad Ali was fourteen years old when he built a cosplay jetpack that a teacher mistook for a bomb. A jetpack that got him arrested, labeled a terrorist--and eventually killed. But he's more than a dead body, and more than "Bomb Boy." He was a person with a life worth remembering.
Driven by Jawad's haunting voice guiding her throughout her investigation, Safiya seeks to tell the whole truth about the murdered boy and those who killed him because of their hate-based beliefs.
This gripping and powerful book uses an innovative format and lyrical prose to expose the evil that exists in front of us, and the silent complicity of the privileged who create alternative facts to bend the truth to their liking.
Samira Ahmed was born in Bombay, India, and grew up in a house that smelled of fried onions, cardamom, and potpourri in a little town in Illinois. She is a University of Chicago graduate who has lived in Vermont, Chicago, New York City, and Kauai, where she spent a year looking for the perfect mango. Sam_aye_ahm can be found on Twitter and Instagram.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780316282642 |
| ISBN 10 | 0316282642 |
| Title | Hollow Fires |
| Author | Samira Ahmed |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown Books for Young Readers |
| Year published | 2022-05-10 |
| Number of pages | 416 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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