{"product_id":"louder-than-hunger-john-schu-hardcover","title":"Louder Than Hunger: (A Middle Grade Novel about Mental Health, Eating Disorders, and Self-Acceptance for Kids Ages 10-14 in Grades 5-9) -- John Schu, Hardcover","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eLouder Than Hunger\u003c\/i\u003e is a book that roars. It could save lives.\" - \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRevered teacher, librarian, and story ambassador John Schu explores anorexia--and self-expression as an act of survival--in a wrenching and transformative novel-in-verse.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBut another voice inside me says, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe need help. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe're going to die.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJake 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 \u003ci\u003enot \u003c\/i\u003eto 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 \u003ci\u003etruly \u003c\/i\u003edisappears? A fictionalized account of the author's experiences and emotions living in residential treatment facilities as a young teen with an eating disorder, \u003ci\u003eLouder than Hunger\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Schu\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Candlewick Press (MA)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/19\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 528\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.60w x 1.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781536229097\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAudience:\u003c\/b\u003e Ages 9-12\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBulletin of Ctr for Child Bks\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/04\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2024 pg. 61\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2024 pg. 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Schu\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the acclaimed picture books \u003ci\u003eThis Is a School, \u003c\/i\u003eillustrated by Veronica Miller Jamison, and \u003ci\u003eThis Is a Story\u003c\/i\u003e, illustrated by Caldecott Honoree Lauren Castillo. He also wrote the adult study \u003ci\u003eThe Gift of Story: Exploring the Affective Side of the Reading Life\u003c\/i\u003e and was named a \u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal \u003c\/i\u003eMover 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Schu","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45536466141412,"sku":"9781536229097","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9781536229097.jpg?v=1777198466","url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/products\/louder-than-hunger-john-schu-hardcover","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}