The hunger between us / Marina Scott.
When her best friend disappears in the summer of 1942, Liza resolves to rescue her no matter the cost, entangling herself in an increasingly dangerous web with two former classmates, one a member of the militia and other other forced to live in Leningrad's tunnels.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780374390068
- ISBN: 0374390061
- Physical Description: 298 pages ; 21 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC, 2022.
Content descriptions
Target Audience Note: | Ages 12-18. Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers. Grades 10-12. Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers. HL590L Lexile Decoding demand: 96 (very high) Semantic demand: 100 (very high) Syntactic demand: 81 (very high) Structure demand: 89 (very high) Lexile |
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Subject: | Conduct of life > Fiction. Starvation > Fiction. Saint Petersburg (Russia) > History > Siege, 1941-1944 > Fiction. Soviet Union > History > 1925-1953 > Fiction. |
Genre: | Survival fiction. Historical fiction. Novels. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Webb City Public Library | YA Scott, Marina (Text) | 38262300008457 | Young Adult | Available | - |
The Hunger Between Us
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Summary
The Hunger Between Us
For fans of Elizabeth Wein and Ruta Sepetys, an absorbing, fast-paced YA debut novel from Marina Scott about a girl's determination to survive during the Nazi siege of Leningrad--and to save her best friend from a horrible fate. There are some lines that should never be crossed--even in a city ruled by hunger. The black market is Liza's lifeline, where she barters family heirlooms and steals whatever she can get her hands on just for enough food to survive. Morality, after all, has become a fluid thing since the Nazi siege has cut off her city from the rest of the world. Hope for a quick liberation is obliterated as the Soviet government focuses on sustaining the Red Army and not the city, subjecting its people to unimaginable cruelties at the hands of the secret police. When Liza's best friend Aka proposes that they go to the same bullying officials, rumored to give young women food in exchange for "entertainment," Liza thinks there surely must be some other way. Then Aka disappears and Liza resolves to rescue her no matter the cost, entangling herself in an increasingly dangerous web with two former classmates, one a policeman, the other forced to live underground. The Hunger Between Us is an absorbing novel about being trapped with impossible choices and the bonds of love that are tested along dangerous paths.