Can't-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Tessa @ Wishful Endings to spotlight and talk about the books we're excited about that we have yet to read. Generally they're books that have yet to be released as well. It's based on Waiting on Wednesday, hosted by the fabulous Jill at Breaking the Spine. Find out more here.
Here is this week's pre-publication "can't-wait-to-read" selection:
AUTHOR: Sam J. Miller
PUBLISHER: HarperTeen
EXPECTED PUBLICATION DATE: July 11, 2017
FORMAT: Hardcover
LENGTH: 384 pages
GENRE: Young Adult, Contemporary, Glbt, Health/Mental Health
ISBN: 9780062456717
More Happy Than Not meets Glory O’Brien’s History of the Future in this gritty, contemporary YA debut about a bullied gay teen boy with an eating disorder who believes he’s developed super powers via starvation.
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.
I am drawn to books with characters suffering from eating disorders. I have never seen one with a male protagonist, so I'm definitely planning to read this one! Plus, it's a YA debut!
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I used to read a lot of this kind of book years back but not recently. I always watched films about anorexics as I found it fascinating to see their thought process. It's a subject that still interests me.
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