num_pages: 188
description: Lily Jamison, a senior and varsity cheerleader, is blind to the bewildered stares of her friends and stubbornly resistant to the pressure of her parents, who want her to gain weight. They see her thin body as grotesque; Lily sees it as chic. And she loves the feeling of self-control she possesses now that she has taken charge of her life. When Lily's friend Daniel returns to Canyon City wrestling with problems of his own, Lily is torn by paradoxical feelings she doesn't understand and ends up rejecting the one friend she cares most about. Fearing she has made a spectacle of herself at cheerleading tryouts, Lily shocks everyone further by disappearing. Even after this puzzling episode, she continues her devastating fast until her beauty and health are dangerously threatened. In this sensitive drama about a 17-year-old girl caught up in the stranglehold called anorexia nervosa, a skilled writer explores the underlying causes of Lily's obsession and tells a story of unique relationships with superb dialogue and well-drawn, believable characters.
language: English
title: The Hunger Scream
titlecomplete: The Hunger Scream
genres: Fiction, Young Adult
ratings_count: 44
publisher: Walker & Co