Hungry

Hungry by H.A. Swain, 372 pages

There is no food left in the world and scientists have developed a synthetic alternative to supply nutrition to people.  Thalia’s mother is one of those scientists and so her family is very privileged in her society.  But for some reason, Thalia has been experiencing hunger, something that isn’t supposed to happen with the nutrition drink.  During the course of trying to remedy Thalia’s problem, she becomes aware of other problems in society, like the fact that many people aren’t getting the nutrition they need to survive because they were born illegally.  Thalia, along with her new friend Basil, is trying to help stop the way the current government works, but the government is trying to stop her as well.  This is a really good futuristic dystopian novel.  Although not as exciting as Hunger Games or Divergent, teen fans of this genre will probably enjoy it.