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    Hunger
    Hunger
    Hunger
    Audiobook6 hours

    Hunger

    Written by Donna Jo Napoli

    Narrated by Sarah Jane Drummey

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    About this audiobook

    Through the eyes of twelve-year-old Lorraine this haunting novel from the award-winning author of Hidden and Hush gives insight and understanding into a little known part of history-the Irish potato famine.

    It is the autumn of 1846 in Ireland. Lorraine and her brother are waiting for the time to pick the potato crop on their family farm leased from an English landowner. But this year is different-the spuds are mushy and ruined. What will Lorraine and her family do?

    Then Lorraine meets Miss Susannah, the daughter of the wealthy English landowner who owns Lorraine's family's farm, and the girls form an unlikely friendship that they must keep a secret from everyone. Two different cultures come together in a deserted Irish meadow. And Lorraine has one question: how can she help her family survive?

    A little known part of history, the Irish potato famine altered history forever and caused a great immigration in the later part of the 1800s. Lorraine's story is a heartbreaking and ultimately redemptive story of one girl's strength and resolve to save herself and her family against all odds.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateMar 6, 2018
    ISBN9781541489646
    Hunger
    Author

    Donna Jo Napoli

    Donna Jo Napoli is a distinguished academic in the field of linguistics and teaches at Swarthmore College. She is also the author of more than eighty books for young readers.

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    • 5/5
      I did not expect that ending! Why did Paddy had to die! Although some parts were difficult for me to understand, the book as a whole transported me back in time during the harshest winter in Ireland.
      But still... It's so heartbreaking to read characters dying or no longer part of the story.
      It would be nice to see a continuation story between Lorraine and Emmett.
    • 5/5
      Another great read.
    • 4/5
      War is finally arrived - our main heroes go up against "the darkness" while the enemies do what they do best - terrorize and bully. There are some hints about how the disaster came to be, but reality for these kids is elusive.
    • 3/5
      Michael Grant's YA series continues, with page turning efficiency, if not blinding complexity.
    • 4/5
      Mir hat auch der zweite Teil ganz gut gefallen. Ich habe mich schon beim ersten Band gewundert, wie lange das Essen wohl hält, da die Kinder weder Vorrat halten noch kochen können und so viel im Müll gelandet ist. Nun, das ist nicht mehr so. Zum einen, weil sie nichts mehr zum Verschwenden haben, zum anderen, weil sie inzwischen sogar Unkraut und Ratten kochen.

      Sowohl Sam als auch Caine haben sich seit dem ersten Band stark verändert. Sam, weil er sich um alle in der FAYZ kümmert und nicht mehr als eine Stunde Schlaf in der Nacht hat; Caine, weil er die Dunkelheit in sich hat und seitdem rastlos versucht, diese zu befriedigen. Diese ist nämlich genauso hungrig wie die Kinder in Perdido Beach.So haben sich die Machtverhältnisse etwas geändert, da Caine nicht mehr perfekt alles vorraus planen kann und Sam ihm einige male im denken zuvor kommt. Immerhin. Ich mochte Caines intelligente Art im ersten Buch, und ich denke, er wird irgendwann auch wieder dorthin zurück kehren in den nächsten Bänden, aber so war es zumindest nicht eine Wiederholung vom letzten Teil.

      Was mir nicht so gut gefallen hat (neben den immer noch dummen Spitznamen): Die Rollenverteilung. Die war dann doch sehr seltsam. Entweder die Mädchen wurden vor wichtigen Dingen wie zufällig ausgeknockt oder anderweitig aufgehalten, wenn sie nicht gleich zuhause bei den kleinen Kindern blieben um sich um diese zu kümmern. Was für ein seltsamen Bild hat der Autor von Mädchen, dass er sie nicht kämpfen lässt? Das hat mich wieder an TKKG erinnert, wo das G immer zu Hause hockte “weil das zu gefährlich für Mädchen ist”.

      Was mich zum nächsten Punkt bringt: Die Jungen werden immer mit Charakter beschrieben. XY war ein cooler Typ, XY war gerne auf Streit aus, was auch immer. Mädchen hingegen wurden immer nur physisch beschrieben. Jedes Mädchen war attraktiv, hübsch, hatte schöne Haare, einen schönen Mund, große Augen… und das eine Mal, als ein Mädchen als “nicht wirklich hübsch” beschrieben wurde, kam prompt der Satz “aber sie war trotzdem irgendwie süß” hinterher. Mal wieder frage ich mich bei YA-Literatur, in welchem Jahr wir eigentlich sind.

      Allerdings ist der Autor in einem Punkt besser geworden:

      Das andere, was mir nicht gefallen hat: Der Autor kann seine Figuren nicht leiden sehen. Oh, es wird gestorben. Aber die Radiesschen werden nur von Figuren von unten betrachtet, die man noch nie gesehen hat, den Namen nicht mal kennt, und die man auch nicht vermissen wird. Die Hauptcharaktere tragen nicht mal eine Narbe davon. Was irgendwie mies ist, wenn man gerade über einen Krieg liest mit No-Holds-Barred Beatdown.

      Nicht gut, aber besser.

      Ansonsten haben mir die Entwicklungen in diesem Buch sehr gut gefallen. Im nächsten Band gibts dann keinen Strom mehr. Mal sehen wer dann auf den Kriegspfad geht.
    • 5/5
      READ IN ENGLISH

      This is the second book in the Gone series, and we're now three months in the FAYZ, where the kids are starting to find out that doing nothing equals no food. No food equals hunger and starvation. Another recipe for trouble.



      This book is darker than Gone, and that wasn't exactly pink fluffy unicorns dancing on rainbows either. New characters (some with new mutations) and POVs are created throughout the whole book, making sure the pace is very fast and it is very hard to put the book down. Some might even say it's near impossible. This book had me reading to 2 am on a weekday.



      It's more than just a fantasy or SF YA; the kids have to struggle trough a lot more than that. Being without any adults, makes them see they have to take their own responsibilities or else starve. What will they do when they haven't eaten in a week? Who will be in charge of the FAYZ? What exactly is this Darkness?

      A lot of different plot lines are positioned in this book, (as well as in the next books), making sure there never is a dull moment. I really liked it.
    • 5/5
      I find myself liking this series even more with the 2nd book. I normally try not to make comparisons when reading, but I kept thinking to myself while reading this book that it reminded me of Lord of the Flies if it merged with Stephen King's The Stand. This is a compliment as I enjoyed both books. We've still got the dystopian type setting going on where kids are all that's left and they have to somehow figure out how to basically run the town and do very grown up things. But in addition to this we've got a dark force trying to break free and that makes things all the more difficult. Finally, we've got kids turning on each other and making an "us vs. them" dynamic that causes things to get crazy and more than a little chaotic. I found myself carrying the book around with me everywhere, more so than I normally take my books along with me. Not just in my purse when I leave the house, but from room to room in case of the opportunity to read. I'm eager to read book 3.
    • 5/5
      This series is very addicting!
    • 5/5
      Very, very, very intense. Michael Grant knows what he's doing when he tries to create horrifying situations, and I wouldn't be surprised if this book caused nightmares and ended up on a banned book list.
    • 5/5
      I haven't read the first book in this series.... I had an idea that it was probably part of a series, but I didn't have access to the first one. Borrowed this one from my niece. She hadn't even read it yet. I LOVED it! It really kept me interested the whole time--I couldn't wait to find time to read more! It didn't seem to take away from the story, my not having read the first book. I'd like to go back and find it, though, just to flesh out the story some more. I highly recommend this to YA's and anyone who wants a good, intense read!
    • 5/5
      The second book in the Gone series is just as good as the first. Excellent if you like fantasy or young-adult novels or books that are (slightly) sci-fi.
    • 3/5
      Still just so-so. I'm still not feeling some of the things that happen. A little better than the first.
    • 4/5
      This book gave me feelings of frusteration, anger, annoyance, sadness and a lot of other things including hatred for stupid people yet I still really liked it.Hunger continues the story left off from Gone, the first book of the series. Being stuck in a place with only kids 14 and younger you can't really expect much to be done by a bunch of kids...which is why they are all hungry and desperate. Sam Temple is elected mayor of the FAYZ and finds more and more problems with the place as tensions arise between the "normals" and the "freaks/moofs/chuds" ("moofs" short for mutant freaks, although I'm not sure what "chuds" stands for). The problems aren't only within the FAYZ but a brewing fight with Caine and his gang (rhyme unintentional) is in the air.I felt sooooo frusterated reading about these ignorant kids. But ultimately I had to side with the stupid sad excuse these kids gave every time they were asked why they didn't take their responsibilities more seriously "We're just kids". I was angry every time these "normals" decided to be against the "freaks" because how many times has a "freak" healed stupid hangovers, little boo-boos, stomach aches from eating unhealthy crap or the times that "freaks" saved them all from Caine's destruction. I was annoyed with Astrid and her interactions with her brother. I get that being thrusted with the responsibility of an autistic 5 year old is a huge burden but I still couldn't help but being absolutely annoyed with her b word attitude. And finally I felt kind of sad for Sam considering how much he had to deal with the petty problems of the kid run town and the little kids that considered him as a secondary parent. The secondary stories were pretty interesting as well and Grant did a good job juggling between all of them. I found myself loving secondary characters more than the main ones which is actually a good thing for me. I thrive on my love for secondary characters.A really good follow up to the first book.
    • 4/5
      Life in the FAYZ has settled somewhat, but not for long. As starvation begins to set in, and more and more kids develop mutant powers, the choice is no longer between the group led by Sam and that led by Caine. Instead, trouble is brewing between those with powers (the 'freaks') and those without (the 'normals'). Animals continue to mutate, making food even harder to obtain, and suddenly a new threat emerges - one that poses a threat to both freaks and normals, Perdido Beach and Coates Academy.The sequel to Michael Grant's popular ya novel Gone, this book is even better than the first. Regardless of age, you will be completely engrossed in the story, unable to avoid turning the page, anxious to know what happens next. This book is definitely worth reading.
    • 4/5
      Hunger,Picks up where Gone left off. This book gives you a little more insight to the "bad boy" side which I didn't feel was developed in the first book. Hunger keeps your attention thru out the book.
    • 3/5
      Didn't realize this was book 2, but didn't really feel lost either, which is good. Writing style's a bit dry though vs what I expected.
    • 2/5
      There was nothing wrong with this book to earn it only two stars. The writing was all right and the plot and action decent. I just couldn't get into it even though I really enjoyed Gone. I ended up skimming through because I really did want to see what happened. I'll give the next in the series a try now.

      If you enjoyed Gone, I'd definitely recommend reading this book.
    • 5/5
      This is the second book in the Gone series, and I liked it even better than the first book. So much exciting stuff happens in this one, and the characters are very interesting. I plan to read the rest of the books in this series.It kind of reminds me of Under the Dome by Stephen King.
    • 5/5
      It is the second book of the series "Gone".It was pretty interesting about how everyone has powers and make enemies out of everyone. the plot was that they had this barrier and people over the age of 15 goes past the barrier.Its also known as the phase.
    • 5/5
      Hunger is the second book to the book Gone Novels. It was about the kids not having a lot of food for everybody to eat. They make money out of gold. Then people shape the coins into bullets. The kids that have the money cherish it with their lives. The money is used for everything in the FAYZ. There is another battle against the good and the bad guys. Not that many people died this time. This book was awesome! I gave this book five stars. It was a very good book. It was very very descriptive. I loved it. I can't wait till the third book. This author uses very good ways to describe scenes so that you can see them in your head. Again, I recommend this book for anybody to read unless you don’t like reading about kids starving and fighting for their lives. However, think anybody would like this series.
    • 5/5
      Hunger is the second book to the book Gone. It was about the kids both having food for everyone to eat. They make money out of gold. The gold money is shaped into bullets. The bullets are called Bertos. The kids that have the money cherish it with there life's. They use the money for everything. There is another battle but not that many people die.I gave this book a 5 star rating. It was a very good book. It was very well described. I loved this book. I can't wait till the third book. This author uses very good descripstion. I recomend this book to all ages. I think everyone will like it.
    • 5/5
      I can't believe I missed out on this series for so long! I picked the first two up from my library on a whim and I am so in love with this series. In Gone, all the adults disappeared and the feud between the students from the local high school and the students from the prep school up on the hill began. Kids learned how to avoid disappearing on their fifteenth birthday. Things started to get a little better. But in Hunger we learn that all good things must come to an end. With no way outside of the FAYZ food soon becomes scarce. At the beginning they weren't as careful as they should have been and the produce and meat products in the supermarket were spoiled as junk food was consumed first. Now Sam and his friends are have to figure out how to harvest vegetables and even harder, convince the kids in the FAYZ to eat them. Sam is losing grip on his leadership position as he begins to feel weighed down by everyone's problems. Along with the issues with finding food the kids left without powers have started to rise against the "freaks" with powers. Suddenly the community is split between freaks and normals and people start getting hurt. But the kids in the FAYZ do the only thing they can do, they survive.This series was so well laid out that it's entirely believable. The kids don't automatically grow up and become mature just because there are no adults. They are still kids. Alongside complaints of no food there are also arguments between siblings about silly things like what to name the stray cat that was found or what dvd to watch. These kids are trying to figure out how to survive under the most extreme circumstances but they are still kids, all 15 or younger. I never once thought that they were out of character. I never once forgot that this is a community of children.I am so excited to read more of this amazing series. And from the information on goodreads, it looks like this series will not be ending anytime soon, with 5 books published and more to come in the next two years.
    • 5/5
      The book "Hunger" is the second book in the Gone seires and just like the first book, "Gone", its full of action, romance, adveture, and its amazingly detailed. Having read this book, you get a full apretiation twards the people surviving the unsurvivable, and having faith and hope. There are over 2000 kids in FAYZ (Fallout Alley Youth Zone) from 2 yrs old to 15 years of age. There are no adults, and there is scarce food and water. Few kids are trying to make a law system and trying to get other kids working. Astrid, Sam, Edilio, Albert, Howard, Dekka, and Lana are those kids trying to help others stay alive, but the darkness, Gaiaphage, is lurking in the Mine Shaft waiting for the right time to strike. The Gaiaphage is already connected to four people; Drake Merwin (has a whip for an arm), Lana Lazar (healing touch), Caine Soren (has sightokanisis), and Little Pete (4 yr old autistic, extremly powerful mutant). Lana goes to the mine to destroy the Gaiaphage, but instead gets her mind taken over and is forced to do the Gaiaphage's bidding. Meanwhile, Drake, Caine, Diana, Jack, and Bug all get uranium from the power plant in the middle of FAYZ, bring it to the Gaiaphage, and feed it the uranium. This book, in my opinion, is amazingly detailed, action packed, romantic-ish, and adventurous. At parts it made me involitarily gasp and shutter and ... yes, occationally cry. It opened my mind to the possiblities of living a life without order, without adult help, and it was really a marvel to read. My first favorite in the Gone series, and I just want to keep reading it over and over again. My complemints to the writer, Micheal Grant, for an amazing read, wanting to read the next ones just as badly as this one. That's my rating; 5 stars.
    • 5/5
      In the second in a planned six-book series, the children of Perdito Beach, CA, have survived without adults for three months following the FAYZ, a nuclear event that caused everyone over the age of 14 to vanish and an impenetrable barrier to rise for 20 miles around the town. Now their food is almost gone, and in their desperation and fear, the young people are beginning to sort themselves into factions; those without special powers opposing those who have them. To add to the suspense, a terrifying presence that calls itself the Gaiaphage, a being of overwhelming hunger, is insinuating itself into the minds of the susceptible.
    • 4/5
      Second book to the Gone Series, and a fabulous addition at that. I would say that this book is a little bit darker, but that's not entirely the case, since Gone was defintley a page turner itself. Hunger is exactly what the title suggests- all the children from the FAYZ are starting to regret all those wasteful first weeks the dome came down. The faces are still all familiar and playing the roles they had in the first book, but there are also a few new additions. Gaiphage (the presence in the mine) plays a much larger part, and the new girl, Orsay, is pulled into the middle of the two groups. In Hunger, you really get to see the depths of mental illness in the charcter Drake. Caine's crew is up to their evil antics again, but neglect to realize that it will also impact their groups as well as Sam's. A new group of evil doers also begins to merge- the Human Crew, led by a conspicuous and small charcter, Zil.  
    • 3/5
      Just as good as the first, Hunger gives us another satisfying adventure. With its perfectly blended mixture of adventure, science fiction, tension, and suspense, Hunger is a great addition to the Gone series.
    • 5/5
      This is the sequel to Gone. In this book huger threatens the kids in the FAYZ. Sam is having to deal with every little thing that happens. Caine, his evil brother, has decided that he will take the power plant to gain control. Drake, who is one of the most powerful kids in the FAYZ is thinking of taking Caine on. Caine takes the power plant. Sam tries to stop him but it turns into a siege. Lana tries to kill the Darkness but her mind is taken over. Zil has decided that he should try to take over the city. He is defeated by Sam. Caine escapes from the power plant with a uranium rod to feed the Darkness with. He gets up to the cave where the Darkness is, but Drake beats him, but then Sam comes to save the day. Caine and Sam work together the defeat Drake and the Darkness. They also free Lana. Now the Darkness is gone but there is still a fight going on between Caine, Sam, and Zil. This book is very interesting, because there are super powers, wars and much more. I like how Sam is like being destroyed from all the pressure. He and Astrid have to work together to keep the kids working. I also like how Caine always thinks he has won, but something always goes wrong. The book is also very interesting because all of the super powers. I like to see all the different powers and how they can do anything with them. Hunger is a five star book and every one should read it.
    • 5/5
      Next book in the series but not lacking any adventure. Even more suspenseful than gone and ends at a very bad part which makes the reader flip the page expecting more.
    • 4/5
      This is the second book of the series of Gone. The small beach town of the Fayz is going hungry. Food is being stolen or lost. The whole town is desperate. Everyone is starving and will do anything for just a little food. Some people are also getting powers like Sam, who can control green light from his hands. Although, the other non power people are thinking of turning against the power people. The town starts splitting into half. One group becoming the "Human Crew." The other being known as "Moofs" or freaks. Sam, being called the mayor of the town, is forced to deal with the groups. Sam also receives word that the power plant, that is the only thing giving electricity to the whole Fayz, is captured by Sam's brother, Caine. Caine has powers now too, although he is being haunted and unwarily controlled by the "Gaiaphage": the thing healer Lana meet in the mine shaft. Lana is also being controlled and tries to kill the Gaiaphage by herself. This book was really interesting. There weren't that many deaths as the last book. Instead, there was more hope that the Fayz could have. A lot of the people were confused and desperate but they also found some places where know types of food grew. They also found out how to fish. They even practiced their powers more and started a currency. So, yeah, this book was good and I'd say four stars.
    • 5/5
      It's been three months since the start of the FAYZ and things are going from bad to worse. With no adults around, kids are running amuck - drinking, smoking pot, ganging up on each other. Even worse, food supplies are dwindling and kids are very hungry. The lack of food brings out the worst in the kids as some use the food shortage to their advantage. When 15 year old Sam Temple, the "mayor" of Perdido Beach, isn't busy dealing with the human problems, he's also dealing with the supernatural elements, including his own powers. And then there are the worm-like creatures that are keeping the kids from picking much needed crops. But the worst problem all the kids face is the mysterious "gaiaphage" a creature desperately trying to become more powerful and is a threat to everyone's life. "Hunger (A Gone Novel)" is the well done second book in Michael Grant's Gone series (the first book is appropriately enough called "Gone"). Grant, who reminds me of a Stephen King for the teenage set, wastes no time getting the action going in this book, much like he did with "Gone". There is plenty of action in this book, including some stuff that might not be for the squeamish. This is a long book but pay attention to all the details because something mentioned early in the book may be referenced to much later - for example, Nestor, a brilliant bit of writing by Grant. Grant does an excellent job of creating characters who, while many of them have powers and many are doing a great job of struggling to survive, in the end they are just, as Sam says, kids trying to survive in a world filled with monsters (some human and some not) with no adults to show them the way. (As an example of how young some of them really are many of the kids try to use their powers to fly or be a superhero). You can't help but feel sorry for some of the characters (and hate others). My one complaint about the book and series is that there are too many characters and some, like Mary, Orsay, and Quinn, tend to get lost in the shuffle. Also, having characters with similar names like Brianna and Britney can be confusing. "Hunger" ends on a bit of a cliffhanger and readers will eagerly await their next visit to the FAYZ. Well done.