Book
Hollow fires / Samira Ahmed.
After discovering the body of fourteen-year-old Jawad Ali in Jackson Park, seventeen-year-old journalism student Safiya Mirza begins investigating his murder and ends up confronting white supremacy in her own high school.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780316282642
- ISBN: 0316282642
- Physical Description: 404 pages ; 21 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2022.
- Copyright: A2022
Content descriptions
| Target Audience Note: | Ages 12 & up. Little, Brown and Company. |
| Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader AR UG 5.1 12 517612. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Hate crimes > Fiction. Murder > Investigation > Fiction. Reporters and reporting > Fiction. Muslim teenagers > Fiction. White supremacy movements > Fiction. Chicago (Ill.) > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Young adult fiction. Novels. Detective and mystery fiction. |
Show Only Available Copies
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Webb City Public Library | YA Ahmed, Samira (Text) | 38262300007592 | Young Adult | Available | - |
Hollow Fires
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Summary
Hollow Fires
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.
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