Louder Than Hunger by John Schu

Louder Than Hunger by John Schu

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.

Louder Than Hunger is a Colorado Blue Spruce YA Book Award Winner!

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9781536232523
ISBN 10	1536232521
Title	Louder Than Hunger
Author	John Schu
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Candlewick Press,U.S.
Year published	2025-02-19
Number of pages	528
Prizes	Long-listed for Carnegie Medal 2025
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.