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Hunger

6 Ratings: 4.3
A book by Jackie Morse Kessler

"Fast-paced, witty, and heart-breaking! Jackie Morse Kessler is one of the most talented authors I know."—Richelle Mead, author of Vampire Academy "Hunger is not just a good book. It is a great book. It is funny and sad, … see full wiki

Author: Jackie Morse Kessler
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
Publisher: Graphia
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review by . October 20, 2010
I was taken by surprise when I initially began to read Hunger.  I originally believed it to be an action-packed story about the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse - and it somewhat is, sans the action, but what it really is, is a story about a girl with an eating disorder.    Ms. Morse Kessler weaves a tale riddled with not only hunger, but depression, friendship, family and how having a disorder can take a toll on all that.  Although the book is short, it almost has a short story …
review by . July 05, 2010
posted in Cafe Libri: Reviewing Books & More
Famine - it's what we associate with places far away from us. Places where people lay dying, bellies bloated and children looking like skeletons. Places they make commercials about - you know the ones: "Your donation can feed a child for a month...". But how many of us would think to associate famine with a very real problem much closer to home - anorexia?     "Hunger" is not your typical teen preach-and-learn novel. It is actually a very good story that stands completely on …
review by . October 03, 2010
Lisabeth Lewis refuses to acknowledge that she's anorexic. She can't be--especially when that voice inside her head tells her she's not nearly thin enough. So Lisa pushes away her best friend, her boyfriend, and the hunger pains, unwilling to face reality. And then things get strange--a man delivers a package late one night, and soon she starts seeing a set of scales everywhere and a horse in her garden, both completely invisible to everyone else. It's then that she discovers she is the newest Horsemen …
review by . August 22, 2010
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Fresh and Intriguing
Hunger / 978-0-547-34124-8      When Lisabeth Lewis can’t go on with life anymore – can’t go on with her domineering mother; her kind, but controlling father; and most of all the Thin voice that whispers to her constantly about the ever present need to be utterly, totally in control of every morsel she consumes – she’s more than a little bit surprised when her suicide attempt brings her a literal visit from Death, as well as a new commission: “Thou …
review by . August 06, 2010
Never having suffered from anorexia or bulemia, I feel I have significant insight into both diseases now. The detail was horrendously accurate and amazingly beautiful, given what it covered. And I loved that while this story was about eating disorders, it was also about an adventure with the heroine a girl who had no control over her own body. A definite must for any teenage girl with self esteem issues! This will help any girl see herself in a new light!
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