Overview
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Safiya MirzaĀ dreams of becoming a journalist. And one thing sheās learned as editor of her school newspaper is that a journalistās 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 AliĀ was fourteen years old when he built aĀ cosplay jetpackĀ that a teacher mistook for a bomb. AĀ jetpackĀ that got him arrested, labeled a terroristāand eventually killed. But heās more than a dead body, and more than āBomb Boy.ā He was a person with a life worth remembering.
Driven by Jawadās haunting voice guiding her throughout her investigation, Safiya seeks to tell theĀ wholeĀ truth about the murdered boy and those who killed him because of their hate-based beliefs.
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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.
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This book title, Hollow Fires, ISBN: 9780316282642, by Samira Ahmed, published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers (May 10, 2022) is available in hardcover. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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