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Starvation

by Molly Fennig

Grief, family expectations, and control

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Grief, family expectations, and control

Wes McCoy measures himself against his brother Jason, a celebrated wrestler whose death in a car accident reshapes the family’s life. In alternating past and present chapters, the novel connects Wes’s grief and strained friendships with his growing struggle around food and control. Caila introduces him to the painful pull of starvation, while his bond with his best friend Collin is badly damaged. As Wes confronts the aftermath of Jason’s death and questions surrounding the accident, the story places eating disorders alongside bereavement, sibling comparison, and the pressure of family legacy.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teens and young adults interested in fiction about grief and family relationships.
  • Readers seeking a story that addresses eating disorders and their effects on friendships.
  • Those drawn to young adult fiction involving wrestling and family expectations.

Themes

Grief and bereavementEating disorders and controlSibling comparison and family legacyFriendship and damaged relationships

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Book overview

16-year-old Wes McCoy is not the favorite child. He does not have a wrestling scholarship to Stanford nor does he live up to the family legacy as an athlete, unlike his brother, Jason. But when Jason dies in a car accident on the way to the state high school wrestling championship, Wes turns to food to give him the control over his life he didn't have before, and the kind of success he never tasted.

 

Told through alternating past and present chapters revolving around Jason's death, Wes must come to terms with more than Jason's death. There's Caila, a defiant girl who introduces him to the painful pleasure of starving. And there's Collin, Wes's best friend who speaks in Shakespearean insults and with whom his relationship is irreparably damaged. But most of all, Wes must take back control from his eating disorder as he learns more about himself and the mystery surrounding Jason's accident, before he loses his life and those closest to him.

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