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Fifteen-year-old Paula’s perfectionism drives every facet of her life, from her marks in Grade 10 to the pursuit of a "perfect body." A history project brings her face to face with her grandmother’s early life and, as she delves deeper, she is disturbed to find eerie parallels between her own struggles and what she learns of the past.
As Paula slowly destroys the very body she’s trying to perfect, her spirit is torn between settling for her imperfect life or entering the shadowy mystery of her grandmother’s Armenian past. The shimmering Euphrates River beckons her, but, as she soon discovers, there are many things worse than imperfection.
"The Hunger is a beautifully written account of one young woman's journey to find out about her heritage while she struggles with the very real issues of anorexia. It appeals to all generations and helps to guide the reader from present-day realities to the realities of history."
Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch is the author of three picture books: Silver Threads (Penguin, 1996, illustrated by Michael Martchenko), The Best Gifts (Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 1998, illustrated by Halina Below), and Enough (Fitzhenry & Whiteside, forthcoming, illustrated by Michael Martchenko). Marsha, who lives in Brantford, Ontario, with her husband and son, has a BA in English and an MLS. The Hunger is her first young adult novel.