Hollow Fires Av Samira Ahmed

<p><b>''Powerful, timely and relentlessly compelling. HOLLOW FIRES burns brightly with Samira Ahmed''s trademark blend of thought-provoking social relevance, heartfelt coming-of-age and whip-smart plotting'' Karen McManus, author of ONE OF US IS LYING</b><br><br>Safiya Mirza dreams of becoming a journalist. 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 bias affect the story: but that changes the day she discovers Jawad.<br><br>Jawad Ali was just fourteen when a teacher saw him wearing a cosplay jetpack and mistook it for a bomb. A mistake that got Jawad arrested, labelled a terrorist - ''Bomb Boy'' - and eventually killed. But who was the young boy behind the headlines? <br><br>With 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.<br><br>A powerful story of our times, <i>Hollow Fires</i> exposes the evi