Louder Than Hunger - Paperback
by John Schu
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Languages:EnglishPublisher:Candlewick Press (MA)ISBN-13:9781536232523ISBN-10:1536232521UPC:9781536232523Book Category:Juvenile FictionBook Subcategory:Boys & Men, Social Themes, Stories in Verse (see also Poetry)Book Topic:Depression & Mental IllnessAward:2025 Schneider Family Book Award Honor Book - Middle Grade AwardSize:8.20 x 5.60 x 1.50 inchesWeight:1.25Product ID:SCN8D0DRXD
A Schneider Family Book Award Honor Book
"This heart-wrenching verse novel--inspired by the author's experiences . . . is an unflinching depiction of resistance and disordered eating recovery." --Publishers Weekly (starred review) 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 verse novel is a powerful model for muffling the destructive voices inside, managing and articulating pain, and embracing self-acceptance, support, and love.
"This heart-wrenching verse novel--inspired by the author's experiences . . . is an unflinching depiction of resistance and disordered eating recovery." --Publishers Weekly (starred review) 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 verse novel is a powerful model for muffling the destructive voices inside, managing and articulating pain, and embracing self-acceptance, support, and love.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Candlewick Press (MA)ISBN-13:9781536232523ISBN-10:1536232521UPC:9781536232523Book Category:Juvenile FictionBook Subcategory:Boys & Men, Social Themes, Stories in Verse (see also Poetry)Book Topic:Depression & Mental IllnessAward:2025 Schneider Family Book Award Honor Book - Middle Grade AwardSize:8.20 x 5.60 x 1.50 inchesWeight:1.25Product ID:SCN8D0DRXD
John Schu is the author of the acclaimed picture books This Is a School, illustrated by Veronica Miller Jamison, and This Is a Story, illustrated by Caldecott Honoree Lauren Castillo. He also wrote the adult study The Gift of Story: Exploring the Affective Side of the Reading Life and was named a Library Journal Mover and Shaker for his dynamic interactions with students and his passionate adoption of new technologies as a means of connecting authors, illustrators, books, and readers. Children's librarian for Bookelicious, part-time lecturer at Rutgers University, and former Ambassador of School Libraries for Scholastic Book Fairs, Mr. Schu--as he is affectionately known--continues to travel the world to share his love of books. He lives in Naperville, Illinois. You can find him at www.JohnSchu.com and on social media @MrSchuReads.
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Awards
🏆 2025 Schneider Family Book Award Honor Book - Middle Grade Award
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