Not Hungry
Not Hungry
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West 44 Books
Annotation: June is fat. June also has an eating disorder, but no one sees. When she doesn't eat, her friends and family think they see a fat girl on a diet, not someone starving herself. When her secret is found out by Toby, the new boy next door, June is panicked--until she learns he also has a secret.
 
Reviews: 2
Catalog Number: #565417
Format: Paperback
Special Formats: High Low High Low
Publisher: West 44 Books
Copyright Date: 2020
Edition Date: 2020 Release Date: 08/01/19
Pages: 192 pages
ISBN: 1-538-38269-5
ISBN 13: 978-1-538-38269-1
Dewey: Fic
LCCN: 2013958345
Dimensions: 21 cm.
Language: English
Reviews:
Starred Review for Kirkus Reviews (Tue Jan 03 00:00:00 CST 2023)

Free verse provides an introspective voice for a teen struggling with an eating disorder.Unhappy with her weight, June engages in severe dieting and keeps her determined attempts to starve herself secret. When Toby moves in next door, she learns he has his own private shame. Consequently, he keeps his relationship with June hidden and separate from his life as a popular basketball player. While June tries to binge and purge her way to thinness, she still sees the beauty in her own plus-sized sister, Mae, and awaits the day Mae sees it, too. Quinn (Down With the Shine, 2016, etc.) reveals what her characters want to hide as readers hope for a righteous ending. The physical layout of the text conveys profound truths about friendship, loyalty, and payback in accessible language that never obstructs the power of the message. Conversations are italicized, and lines that slip and slide, stagger and indent quietly communicate all the drama of high school to readers. Parents are inconsequential as the teens navigate societal expectations while trying desperately not to let their masks slip. Exquisite writing allows each poem to be savored individually as readers find bits of themselves reflected in the situations and characters and cheer on the unlikely hero. Characters are presumed white.Rhythm, repetition, and carefully crafted writing relate the challenges of a teen girl reluctant readers would love to befriend. (Verse novel. 14-18)

Kirkus Reviews (Fri Oct 04 00:00:00 CDT 2024)

Free verse provides an introspective voice for a teen struggling with an eating disorder.Unhappy with her weight, June engages in severe dieting and keeps her determined attempts to starve herself secret. When Toby moves in next door, she learns he has his own private shame. Consequently, he keeps his relationship with June hidden and separate from his life as a popular basketball player. While June tries to binge and purge her way to thinness, she still sees the beauty in her own plus-sized sister, Mae, and awaits the day Mae sees it, too. Quinn (Down With the Shine, 2016, etc.) reveals what her characters want to hide as readers hope for a righteous ending. The physical layout of the text conveys profound truths about friendship, loyalty, and payback in accessible language that never obstructs the power of the message. Conversations are italicized, and lines that slip and slide, stagger and indent quietly communicate all the drama of high school to readers. Parents are inconsequential as the teens navigate societal expectations while trying desperately not to let their masks slip. Exquisite writing allows each poem to be savored individually as readers find bits of themselves reflected in the situations and characters and cheer on the unlikely hero. Characters are presumed white.Rhythm, repetition, and carefully crafted writing relate the challenges of a teen girl reluctant readers would love to befriend. (Verse novel. 14-18)

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Starred Review for Kirkus Reviews (Tue Jan 03 00:00:00 CST 2023)
Kirkus Reviews (Fri Oct 04 00:00:00 CDT 2024)
Word Count: 9,995
Reading Level: 3.1
Interest Level: 9-12
Accelerated Reader: reading level: 3.1 / points: 1.0 / quiz: 513807 / grade: Upper Grades
Lexile: 430L
Guided Reading Level: N

June is fat. June also has an eating disorder, but no one sees. When she doesn't eat, her friends and family think they see a fat girl on a diet, not someone starving herself. When June's secret is found out by Toby, the new boy next door, she is panicked. Then she learns he also has a secret. Everyone has their own little lies.


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