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Hunger / Jackie Morse Kessler.

by Kessler, Jackie Morse.

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Graphia, c2010.

Anorexia nervosa -- Fiction.

Eating disorders -- Fiction.

Emotional problems -- Fiction.

Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse -- Fiction.

9780547341248 (pbk.)

0547341245 (pbk.)

177 p. ; 21 cm.

"Lisabeth Lewis has a black steed, a set of scales, and a new job: she’s 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 home -- her 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 power -- and 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." --From the publisher.

Grade 8-up. SLJ.

Fantasy fiction.

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