Louder Than Hunger
Published on 4. April 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
528 pages
978-1-5295-1456-8 (ISBN)
Description
A powerful, authentic verse novel exploring a teen boy's experience with disordered eating, charting the successes and setbacks of his journey toward recovery.
Jake feels alone at school and alone at home. Some days it feels like the only people who understand him is the poet Emily Dickinson - and Jake's beloved grandma. But there is also the Voice inside him, louder than any other, who professes to know him best of all.
The one that says "You have me."
The Voice is loud enough to drown out everything else, even the hunger Jake feels, until his mom intervenes and sends him to Whispering Pines.
Here Jake will learn how to confront the loneliness inside him, and find out who he is and what he has to live for. That is, if he can quiet the Voice...
Told in succinct and powerful verse, this novel is a stunning and wholly authentic expression of a young man finding the will - and the power - to wrest control from the intrusive thoughts that crowd his mind.
Jake feels alone at school and alone at home. Some days it feels like the only people who understand him is the poet Emily Dickinson - and Jake's beloved grandma. But there is also the Voice inside him, louder than any other, who professes to know him best of all.
The one that says "You have me."
The Voice is loud enough to drown out everything else, even the hunger Jake feels, until his mom intervenes and sends him to Whispering Pines.
Here Jake will learn how to confront the loneliness inside him, and find out who he is and what he has to live for. That is, if he can quiet the Voice...
Told in succinct and powerful verse, this novel is a stunning and wholly authentic expression of a young man finding the will - and the power - to wrest control from the intrusive thoughts that crowd his mind.
Reviews / Votes
An intensely affecting verse novel for 14+, drawing on the author's own experience of anorexia treatment. -- Imogen Russell Williams * The Guardian * Louder Than Hunger captures the insidious nature of mental illness... [Jake's] winding road to recovery is realistically complex... It's a welcome addition to eating-disorder literature for young people - accessible but not simplistic, hopeful without being saccharine. * Irish Times * Schu's work should be in every high school library as quickly as possible and the message of selfworth that Schu gives his reader will be underlined for every reader who accompanies Jake. * Books for Keeps * This is an incredible account of eating disorder recovery that expresses a person's experiences in a way I've wanted to see for years. * NetGalley Reviewer * These words are powerful, painful at times but an undiminished extraordinarily powerful collection of succinct verse. * Armadillo Magazine *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 12 years
Dimensions
Height: 197 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 34 mm
Weight
360 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5295-1456-8 (9781529514568)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
John Schu has made a career out of advocating for the people and things he cares about most: kids, books, and the people that connect them. He is the children's librarian, a part-time lecturer at Rutgers University, and shares his love of reading with countless educators and students around the world. He is the author of This Is a School illustrated by Veronica Miller Jamison and This Is a Story illustrated by Caldecott Honor artist Lauren Castillo.