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Sam J. Miller - Author
This is a dark, speculative coming-of-age story about eating disorder, bullying, sexuality, family rupture and the search for explanations. Its central tension lies between Matt’s apparent powers and the damaging hunger he cannot fully control.
A bullied gay teen boy with an eating disorder believes he's developed super powers via starvation. Matt's stomach stabs and twists, pleading for a meal, but Matt won't give in. The hunger clears his mind, keeps him sharp-- and the less he eats the more he seems to have the ability to see things he shouldn't be able to see. Maybe even the authority to bend time and space. And Matt 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. But Matt doesn't realize there are many kinds of hunger-- and he isn't in control of all of them.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceThis is a dark, speculative coming-of-age story about eating disorder, bullying, sexuality, family rupture and the search for explanations. Its central tension lies between Matt’s apparent powers and the damaging hunger he cannot fully control.
Pay particular attention to how starvation and Matt’s eating disorder are portrayed: the premise gives hunger apparent benefits, while also showing physical distress and loss of control.
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