Follett Content Book Detail: Louder Than Hunger by Schu, John

Name: Louder Than Hunger
Author: Schu, John
ISBN: [978-1-53623-252-3,1-53623-252-1]

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Louder Than Hunger

Author: Schu, John

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Follett Number: 2288NGX
Audience: Middle School
Publisher: Candlewick Press, c2024, p2025
Format: 516 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN-13: 978-1-53623-252-3
ISBN-10: 1-53623-252-1
Dewey: -Fic-
Classifications: Fiction

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Biographical Fiction

Eating Disorders Fiction

Mental Health Fiction

Novels in Verse

Teenage Boys Fiction

"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"--Publisher.

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A Schneider Family Book Award Honor Book "This heart-wrenching verse novel--inspired by the author's experiences . . . is an unflinching depiction of resistance and disordered eating recovery." --Publishers Weekly (starred review) 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 verse novel is a powerful model for muffling the destructive voices inside, managing and articulating pain, and embracing self-acceptance, support, and love.

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