This powerful, gripping thriller from a New York Times bestselling author shows the insidious nature of racism, the terrible costs of unearthing hidden truths--and the undeniable power of hope.
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..
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.
He was a person with a life worth remembering.
But he\'s more than a dead body, and more than Bomb Boy.
A jetpack that got him arrested, labeled a terrorist--and eventually killed.
Jawad Ali was fourteen years old when he built a cosplay jetpack that a teacher mistook for a bomb.
But all that changes the day she finds the body of a murdered boy.
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.
Safiya Mirza dreams of becoming a journalist.
This powerful, gripping thriller from a New York Times bestselling author shows the insidious nature of racism, the terrible costs of unearthing hidden truths--and the undeniable power of hope
