Hollow Fires

Format: Hardcover Language: English ISBN: 0316282642 ISBN13: 9780316282642 Release Date: May 2022 Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Length: 416 Pages Weight: 1.25 lbs. Dimensions: 1.5" x 5.9" x 8.2" Age Range: 14 to 17 years Grade Range: Grades 9 to 12 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