In-Person Event with Samira Ahmed/Hollow Fires

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In-Person Event with Samira Ahmed/Hollow Fires

Join Anderson’s bookshop for an in-person event with New York Times bestseller and local author Samira Ahmed to celebrate the release of her newest book, Hollow Fires! Samira will be in conversation with award-winning author Laura Ruby (Thirteen Doorways, Bone Gap). 


This event will be held in our Naperville store, and pre-registration is required as space is limited.

 

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Masks are strongly recommended for all customers, regardless of vaccination status.  Seating may be restricted in order to allow for social distancing. Anderson’s Bookshop reserves the right to change the format of this event to a virtual one at any time if it becomes necessary.  Failure to follow these guidelines and to treat all participants with courtesy and respect may result in your expulsion from the event.

 

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More about the book:

A powerful, gripping YA novel about the insidious nature of racism, the terrible costs of unearthing hidden truths, and the undeniable power of hope, by New York Times bestselling author Samira Ahmed. Perfect for fans of Sadie and Dear Martin.
 
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 a person with a life worth remembering.

Driven by 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 because of their hate-based beliefs.
 
This gripping and powerful book uses an innovative format and lyrical prose to expose the evil that exists in front of us, and the silent complicity of the privileged who create alternative facts to bend the truth to their liking.

About the author:

Samira Ahmed is the New York Times bestselling author of Love, Hate, & Other Filters; Mad, Bad, & Dangerous to Know; Internment, and Hollow Fires. She was born in Bombay, India, and has lived in New York, Chicago, and Kauai. Find her online at samiraahmed.com and on Twitter and Instagram @sam_aye_ahm.

A two-time National Book Award Finalist, Laura Ruby writes fiction for adults, teens and children. She is the author of the Printz Medal Winning novel Bone Gap, as well as Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All. Other works include the Edgar-nominated children’s mystery Lily’s Ghosts, the ALA Quick Pick for teens Good Girls (2006), and the York trilogy. She is on the faculty of Hamline University’s Masters in Writing for Children Program. She makes her home in the Chicago area.
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