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Hollow Fires
Samira Ahmed
Ages: 14+
Published: 2022
Publisher: Little, Brown BFYR/Hachette
ISBN: 978-0-316-28264-2
Keywords: Hate crimes, Murder, journalism, Muslims, White Supremacists, Ghosts
A missing Iraqi American student is found dead, convincing Safiya to investigate racism and Islamophobia at her Chicago prep school. Told in alternating voices by Safiya and the victim.