Louder Than Hunger (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781536229097)

The instant New York Times bestseller!

"Every so often a book comes along that is so brave and necessary, it extends a lifeline when it's needed most. This is one of those books." --Katherine Applegate, author of the Newbery Medal-winning, The One and Only Ivan

Revered teacher, librarian, and story ambassador John Schu explores anorexia--and self-expression as an act of survival--in a wrenching and transformative novel-in-verse.

But another voice inside me says,
We need help.
We're going to die.

Jake volunteers at a nursing home because he likes helping people. He likes skating and singing, playing Bingo and Name That Tune, and reading mysteries and comics aloud to his teachers. He also likes avoiding people his own age . . . and the cruelty of mirrors . . . and food. Jake has read about kids like him in books--the weird one, the outsider--and would do anything not to be that kid, including shrink himself down to nothing. But the less he eats, the bigger he feels. How long can Jake punish himself before he truly disappears? A fictionalized account of the author's experiences and emotions living in residential treatment facilities as a young teen with an eating disorder, Louder than Hunger is a triumph of raw honesty. With a deeply personal afterword for context, this much-anticipated verse novel is a powerful model for muffling the destructive voices inside, managing and articulating pain, and embracing self-acceptance, support, and love.

Author: John Schu
ISBN-10: 1536229091
ISBN-13: 9781536229097
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Language: English
Published: 03/19/2024
Pages: 528
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.55lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.60w x 1.70d

Review Citation(s):
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 12/01/2023
Publishers Weekly 12/04/2023
Kirkus Reviews 01/01/2024
Booklist 01/01/2024 pg. 61
School Library Journal 02/01/2024 pg. 96
BookPage 04/01/2024