Hollow Fires
Samira Ahmed
Safiya Mirza, editor of her school newspaper, dreams of working as a journalist. She has learned that reporting means finding facts instead of allowing personal biases to guide a story. An Iraqi American student who had gone missing is discovered dead, and Safiya begins an inquiry at her Chicago prep school into Islamophobia and racism. The narrative uses alternating voices: Safiya’s and the victim’s.
This book appears on 2 reading lists across 1 edition from 2 organizations.
