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Synopsis
It's been three months since everyone under the age of fifteen became trapped in the bubble known as the FAYZ.Three months since all the adults disappeared.Gone. Food ran out weeks ago. Everyone is starving, but no one wants to figure out a solution. And each day, more and more kids are evolving, developing supernatural abilities that set them apart from the kids without powers.Tension rises and chaos is descending upon the town. It's the normal kids against the mutants. Each kid is out for himself, and even the good ones turn murderous.But a larger problem looms. The Darkness, a sinister creature that has lived buried deep in the hills, begins calling to some of the teens in the FAYZ. Calling to them, guiding them, manipulating them.The Darkness has awakened. And it is hungry.
Is Hunger appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 14 and up.
This intense survival thriller features starving children trapped in a mysterious dome who develop supernatural powers and turn on each other. Violence escalates to murder, and a sinister entity manipulates vulnerable teens. Dark and disturbing themes throughout.
What to know going in
This book has strong violence, no sexual content, and moderate language. Content notes include child harm, murder, and death (see the full list above).
Who'll love this
Teens will find this a gripping, dark survival story where kids with superpowers must survive without adults while facing starvation and an evil force.