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    "description": "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.\n\nSafiya Mirza dreams of becoming a journalist. And one thing she\u2019s learned as editor of her school newspaper is that a journalist\u2019s 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.\n\nJawad 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\u2014and eventually killed. But he\u2019s more than a dead body, and more than \u201cBomb Boy.\u201d He was a person with a life worth remembering.\n\nDriven by Jawad\u2019s 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.\n\nThis 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. ",
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