Hungry
Written by H. A. Swain
Grades: 7-12
Hungry is set in a future world where there is no food. Crops and other of the Earth's resources are decimated by wars and mega storms. Scientist have created a pill to erase hunger pains and the need for food. The people drink shakes for nutrition. This creates a better life. Thalia is one of the main characters, who at seventeen, has pains in her stomach. Come to find out they are hunger pains. She finds a boy, Basil, and an underground movement to bring food back. Basil and the group also want to take control away from the One World Corporation. They go outside the loop of the city and grow food. Life is far from perfect though. Thalia and Basil do get the revolution they wanted.
In the classroom it would bring up a good discussion question of, "What would happen if we were not able to grow food?". It would also let them think out the box about options for drugs.
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