Hollow Fires

A gripping, powerful YA novel about the nature of structural racism, the deep roots of our nation's white supremacy, and what it costs to find the truth.

'With Hollow Fires , Samira Ahmed offers us an impossible-to-put-down thriller that is both spectacularly haunting and deeply thoughtful. Safiya and Jawad are not narrators we usually see, and their harrowing story is a wholly original commentary on perception, community, and the way society weighs one life against another'

'A powerful, timely, and relentlessly compelling r ead. Hollow Fires burns brightly with Samira Ahmed's trademark blend of thought-provoking social relevance, heartfelt coming-of-age, and whip-smart plotting'

The book presents a ripped-from-the-headlines story that will be an easy sell both in terms of theme and topic

A deeply chilling, inventive, and timely page-turner

Weaving alternating perspectives with articles and other media quotes, both real and fictional, this drives an all-too-real story that educates as much as it enthralls

Ahmed weaves evocative prose with images, articles, and text messages to explore with skill and depth the twining of social media in an age of misinformation, alt-right political movements, and racism and Islamophobia

Ahmed wrings gripping plots from urgent topical issues

Samira Ahmed is the bestselling author of Love, Hate & Other Filters, Internment , Mad, Bad & Dangerous to Know , and Amira & Hamza: The War to Save the Worlds , as well as a Ms. Marvel comic book mini-series. Her poetry, essays, and short stories have appeared in numerous publications and anthologies including the New York Times , Take the Mic, Color Outside the Lines , Vampires Never Get Old and A Universe of Wishes. Samira currently lives in the Midwest. When she's not reading or writing, she can be found on her lifelong quest for the perfect pastry.