Hunger
(2010)

Nonfiction

eBook

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PUBLISHED
[United States] : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010
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1 online resource

ISBN/ISSN
9780547505091 (electronic bk.) MWT12919689, 0547505094 (electronic bk.) 12919689
LANGUAGE
English
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Jackie Morse Kesslers Riders of the Apocalypse series follows teens who are transformed into the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.In Hunger, Lisabeth Lewis has a black steed, a set of scales, and a new job: shes been appointed Famine. How will an anorexic seventeen-year-old girl from the suburbs fare as one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse? Traveling the world on her steed gives Lisa freedom from her troubles at homeher constant battle with hunger, and her struggle to hide it from the people who care about her. But being Famine forces her to go places where hunger is a painful part of everyday life, and to face the horrifying effects of her phenomenal power. Can Lisa find a way to harness that powerand the courage to fight her own inner demons? A wildly original approach to the issue of eating disorders, Hunger is about the struggle to find balance in a world of extremes, and uses fantastic tropes to explore a difficult topic that touches the lives of many teens

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