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Horsemen of the Apocalypse: Book 1

Hunger (2010) (edit title/settings)

by Jackie Kessler (Author) (edit contributors)

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"Thou art the Black Rider. Go thee out unto the world." Lisabeth Lewis has a black steed, a set of scales, and a new job: she’s been appointed Famine. How will an anorexic seventeen-year-old girl from the suburbs fare as one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse?      Traveling the... read more

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  • Lisabeth 'Lisa' Lewis: The anorexic seventeen year old protagonist who is chosen to become the new Famine, one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
  • Tammy: lisa's current best friend
  • James: Lisa's boyfriend
  • Suzanne: Lisa's former best friend
  • Death: The Horseman of the Apocalypse. He is the only one who lives forever. He sings like Kurt Cobain, who is dead. He sings like him because he can change to anything/one dead.
  • Pestilence: One of the four Horsemen. He is not much to look at, but he is a philanthropist.
  • War: The fourth horseman. She is fully into causing chaos. She was the only female horseman until Lisa became one.
  • Sandy Lewis: Lisa's mother.
  • Midnight: Lisa's horse who was called Famine until Lisa named the horse Midnight.
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Quotes edit see section history

  • “Thou art Famine, yo!”
    Death
  • “Out of everything that had happened to her over the course of the day, hearing Death sing "Come As You Are" was by far the weirdest.”
    Lisa's thoughts

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First Sentence edit see section history

Lisbeth Lewis didn't mean to become Famine.

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 1 of 3 in Horsemen of the Apocalypse. (standard series)

Followed by Rage.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Jackie Kessler (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
Country: United States of America
Publication Date: October 18, 2010
ISBN: 9780547341248
Page Count: 180

Classification edit see section history

  • Library of Congress: PZ7.K4835 Hu 2010
  • Dewey: <Fic> 22

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Reading Level: Young Adults

Has some themes that younger kids wouldn't understand.

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