Overview
Winner of the 2017 Andre Norton Award for Outstanding Young Adult Science Fiction or Fantasy Book! ""Funny, haunting, beautiful, relentless, and powerful, The Art of Starving is a classic in the making.""--Book Riot Matt hasn't eaten in days. His stomach stabs and twists inside, pleading for a meal, but Matt won't give in. The hunger clears his mind, keeps him sharp--and he needs to be as sharp as possible if he's going to find out just how Tariq and his band of high school bullies drove his sister, Maya, away. Matt's hardworking mom keeps the kitchen crammed with food, but Matt can resist the siren call of casseroles and cookies because he has discovered something: the less he eats the more he seems to have . . . powers. The ability to see things he shouldn't be able to see. The knack of tuning in to thoughts right out of people's heads. Maybe even the authority to bend time and space. So what is lunch, really, compared to the secrets of the universe? Matt decides to infiltrate Tariq's life, then use his powers to uncover what happened to Maya. All he needs to do is keep the hunger and longing at bay. No problem. But Matt doesn't realize there are many kinds of hunger...and he isn't in control of all of them. A darkly funny, moving story of body image, addiction, friendship, and love, Sam J. Miller's debut novel will resonate with any reader who's ever craved the power that comes with self-acceptance.
Full Product Details
Author: Sam J Miller
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Imprint: Collins
Dimensions:
Width: 14.70cm
, Height: 3.30cm
, Length: 20.30cm
Weight: 0.454kg
ISBN: 9780062456717
ISBN 10: 0062456717
Pages: 384
Publication Date: 11 July 2017
Recommended Age: From 13 years
Audience:
Young adult
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Teenage / Young adult
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
Matt is an admirably strong character who is out and proud, brilliant, creative, and determined to survive... Miller's creative portrait of a complex and sympathetic individual will provide a welcome mirror for kindred spirits. --Booklist (starred review)
Beautifully rendered. This novel will break your heart and heal it again. --Coretta Scott-King Award and Newbery Honor winner Jacqueline WoodsonCoretta Scott-King Award and Newbery Honor winner Jacqueline WoodsonCoretta Scott-King Award and Newbery Honor winner Jacqueline WoodsonCoretta Scott-King Award and Newbery Honor wi
Beautifully rendered. This novel will break your heart and heal it again. --Coretta Scott-King Award and Newbery Honor winner Jacqueline Woodson
The Art of Starving is a humane, deeply felt, heartbreaking novel, observed with an edge as sharp as broken glass. A supervillain coming-of-age novel that made me cry--my god, I loved this book. --Alaya Dawn Johnson, Nebula and Norton Award winning author of The Summer Prince
Author Information
Sam J. Miller is the Nebula Award-winning author of The Art of Starving (an NPR best book of the year) and Blackfish City (a Nebula Award finalist and a John W. Campbell Award winner). Sam is a recipient of the Shirley Jackson Award and a graduate of the Clarion Workshop. His short stories have been nominated for the World Fantasy, Theodore Sturgeon, and Locus Awards, and reprinted in dozens of anthologies. He lives in New York City.
