Hunger - Michael Grant

Hunger

By Michael Grant

  • Release Date: 2009-05-26
  • Genre: Dystopian Fiction for Young Adults
Score: 4.5
4.5
From 386 Ratings

Description

The second book in Michael Grant's New York Times bestselling Gone series, Hunger is a thrilling, action-packed story that is impossible to put down. It's been three months since all the adults disappeared. Gone. Food ran out weeks ago and starvation is imminent. Meanwhile, the normal teens have grown resentful of the kids with powers. And when an unthinkable tragedy occurs, chaos descends upon the town. There is no longer right and wrong. Each kid is out for himself and even the good ones turn murderous. But a larger problem looms. The Darkness, a sinister creature that has lived buried deep in the hills, begins calling to some of the teens in the FAYZ. Calling to them, guiding them, manipulating them.

The Darkness has awakened. And it is hungry.

“Readers will be unable to avoid involuntarily gasping, shuddering, or flinching while reading this suspense-filled story.” —Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA) (starred review)

Read the entire series:
GoneHungerLiesPlagueFearLightMonsterVillainHero

Reviews

  • Great story line

    5
    By Happy me !! :)
    I haven’t fully read the second book but I sure can say I love this series so much. I like to read survival books and this one is just perfect. I was struggling to find a good book and came across this in a library and read the first book and started the second and I am loving every bit!
  • Frustration

    4
    By Book Reviewer1234
    The book hunger includes a overmixing quality of frustration, negativity, and unrealism. Almost anything you can possibly wonder of going wrong in a town run by children goes wrong. Mix in some superhero themes and you have quite the story. Michael Grant has quite the habit of introducing a ton of characters in his story. To name a few, Orc, Howard, Orsay, Bug, Brittney, Mikey, Sam, Astrid, Duck, Hunter, Zil, Lisa, Mary, John, Cookie, Jack and about 25 more are characters that are featured in this story. All with their own little backgrounds to cover and remember. Which is fine to an extent but is tiring when superpowers are added and you are in a state of confusion when one starts drilling himself into the ground because you just forgot exactly what a character can do. The story has almost an overwhelming abundance of death and pain. Grant portrays 14 year olds as machine gun wielding maniacs that are capable of wiping out mass groups of people. All while submitting to a supernatural being that grants a certain individual with a piercing whip on his arm. If the children were older, I could understand. But the unrealistic maniacal traits they are given is fantasy fuel. The book is about 560 pages about everything getting worse with a climax of utter doom. The frustration of the characters continuing to be slaughtered and beaten down leads up to a sudden sad ending. But leads us to what is going to happen in the next 6 books. Why four stars though? I actually enjoyed this book. The frustration of the characters is satisfying and exciting. It’s a book where you will not want to stop reading and will say “Just one more chapter.”
  • Perfect!!!

    5
    By Lilith Malachi
    This is seriously the best series I've ever read in my life. You know how in the beginning of books it's really boring and it usually only gets good until the middle? Well I loved it from the start and Even before I started reading it. I am the number one fan of Michael Grant! Michael Grant, if you are reading this, keep on writing books! Continue the series! I want to keep on reading this for ever! Write a book about after the Fayz! From, Daisy
  • Love these books!

    5
    By Sky25907
    Buy it, you will not be disappointed!
  • Great book

    5
    By tank5633
    One of the best
  • This book is simply amazing

    5
    By ShdwX1
    I was happy, mad, sad, and excited while I was reading this book. It's just so interesting and it leaves you wanting more.
  • Hunger

    5
    By Gonegeek319
    this book is awesome got to read I can't stop reading it
  • Speechless...

    5
    By Him>Me
    Such an intense but that is very hard to put down... Must read!!!
  • One of My Favorites!!

    5
    By GooserIpod2
    I want to keep reading it so badly but I've had it for too long so the local library demanded it back!! :( I'm sooooo sad. I need to finish the book!! For those of you who love this series I recomend the Maximum Ride series. The best novel series known to man kind!!!!
  • Hunger

    5
    By e11m
    The second installment of Michael Grant's Gone series is filled with action packed battles and lots of dramatic emotional scenes. Hunger is a book you wont want to miss if you've read Gone.