Bibliograph

Louder than hunger, John Schu ; with a foreword by Kate DiCamillo

Type

Label

Louder than hunger, John Schu ; with a foreword by Kate DiCamillo

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (page 514)

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Louder than hunger

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1425977518

Responsibility statement

John Schu ; with a foreword by Kate DiCamillo

Summary

"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 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." --, Publisher's website

Target audience

juvenile

Classification