8.2 /10 1 Votes
Cover artist Sammy Yuen Language English Media type print Followed by Rage | 4.1/5 Barnes & Noble Country United States Publication date October 2010 Originally published October 2010 Page count 177 Publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Series Riders of the Apocalypse Genres Young adult fiction, Fantasy Similar Shades of Gray, Shades of Night, Hell's Belles, Your year 2000 survival g, A Red Hot Valentine's Day | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Plot
An anorexic teenage girl is given the duties of Famine, of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
Reception
Kirkus Reviews said, the author's "ear for dialogue, fluid prose and dark humor elevate this brief novel above other 'issue books'". Library Media Connection said that the author's "experience with bulimia brings realism to the topic", and that "the mix of fantasy and action makes this short novel... compelling reading, especially for reluctant readers". Jenny of Wondrous Reads found it "...brilliant."
References
Hunger (Kessler novel) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA