{"product_id":"louder-than-hunger-9781536229097","title":"Louder Than Hunger","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"\u003cb\u003eEvery 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\u003c\/b\u003e.\" --Katherine Applegate, author of the Newbery Medal-winning, \u003ci\u003eThe One and Only Ivan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRevered 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.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBut another voice inside me says, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe need help. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe're going to die.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJake 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 \u003ci\u003enot \u003c\/i\u003eto 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 \u003ci\u003etruly \u003c\/i\u003edisappears? A fictionalized account of the author's experiences and emotions living in residential treatment facilities as a young teen with an eating disorder, \u003ci\u003eLouder than Hunger\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Candlewick Press (MA)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/05\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781536229097\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 528\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eBulletin of Ctr for Child Bks\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/04\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2024\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"John Schu","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43471170666677,"sku":"9781536229097","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_c43091d9-ecd3-4f56-af87-4f85ad078bd7.jpg?v=1704823478","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/louder-than-hunger-9781536229097","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}