Hungered

HungeredFor readers of The House on Mango Street and We the Animals, this striking debut brings to life an unforgettable young narrator and the complicated, loving, cruel, and generous figures that make up her universe. Sofias mother promises that soon shell have her own bedroom to decorate. Soon, too, shell be able to see her friends, go back to school, and eat the colorful, tempting cakes in the grocery stores display case. For now, though, twelve year old

They embark on a furtive love affair

with an iron fist

And as its publisher

Twenty-three days until Christmas

The cars are filled with monsters

Within hours of arriving in their seedy casino hotel

That the reason she knows this

A chillingly charismatic aristocrat

Rouse’s novel explores what it means to be the sandwich generation of gays today — caught between those who paved the way for equality

the inimitable artistry of Chris Van Allsburg is showcased with a bold new jacket design and expanded interior layout

and he offers to help Georgie with her quest

until he gets stuck while pushing a dump truck out of the muck