Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body
by Roxane Gay
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- Grade
- 9-12
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Cultural Experience
- African American
Year Published 2017
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 980L
- ATOS Reading Level: Currently Not Available
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Health
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Discrimination against overweight persons--United States
- Eating disorders
- African American women--Biography
- Biography & Autobiography | Culinary
- Sexually abused children--Mental health
- Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs
- PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / Eating Disorders
- Cooking | Methods | General
- Adult child sexual abuse victims--Biography
- Biography / Autobiography
- Overweight women--Biography
- Body image
- Eating disorders--Biography
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Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Roxane Gay
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Awards & Distinctions 2

Indies Choice Book Awards, 2009-2019
Audiobooks Honor, 2018; Honor, 2018

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Adult Crossover Selection, 2017
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