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Louder Than Hunger /

But another voice inside me says, We need help. We're going to die.

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 fictionalised 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.

John Schu

GMD	BOOK
Language	en
Classification	F SCH
Publisher	Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2024
Subject	Juvenile Fiction / Boys & MenJuvenile Fiction / Health & Daily Living / Diseases, Illnesses & InjuriesJuvenile Fiction / Social Themes / Depression & Mental IllnessJuvenile Fiction / Stories in VerseBattle of the BooksDepression, MentalHealthy EatingEating DisordersJuvenile Fiction / Social Themes / AdolescenceJuvenile Fiction / Social Issues / AdolescenceAnorexia NervosaSelf esteem
Description	469 pages
ISBN	9781420517156
Additional ISBN	1420517155 / 9781536232523
URL	books.google.com.hk/books?id=dWDJ0AEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

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Reviews:

★ "The emphasis on internal contradictions and the carefully rendered ending, hinting at hope without promising certainty of recovery, are especially honest and notable... A sensitive, true-to-life narrative that is respectfully and indelibly portrayed." - Kirkus Reviews
★ "Pulling from struggles with his own eating disorder, Schu gives readers a searing, deeply intimate verse novel, depicting the emotional and physical devastation wrought by disordered eating with brutal, gut-punching honesty... Disordered eating among boys is still an underdiscussed topic and this could bring some much-needed awareness." - The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
★ "In his author's note, Schu shares how his own experiences with disordered eating as a teen were the impetus for this story, and a resource page concludes. This candid, challenging story will speak loudly to young people grappling with disordered eating and damaged self-esteem, as they will appreciate the honesty and healing it holds." - Booklist
★ "The novel is written in verse from Jake’s perspective, allowing poignant access to his thoughts and feelings. Schu draws on his own experience with anorexia, adding authenticity to the voice. The author clearly cares about his young readers, checking in with them at the end of the book and providing resources about eating disorders... Jake's struggle with anorexia isn’t easy to read but his ultimate steps toward health provide hope, as does this much-needed and underrepresented male perspective on eating disorders." - School Library Journal
★ "This heart-wrenching verse novel—inspired by the author's experiences, as discussed in an endnote by Schu (This Is a Story)—is an unflinching depiction of resistance and disordered eating recovery. Clever use of negative space and onomatopoeic phrases emphasises Jake's feelings of anger, grief, shame, and vulnerability, while musical theatre lyrics and letters from Jake’s grandmother gently buoy this raw read." - Publishers Weekly