The Hunger Between Us by Marina Scott

For fans of Elizabeth Wein and Ruta Sepetys, an absorbing, fastpacedYA debut novel from Marina Scott about a girla's determination to
survive during the Nazisiege of Leningrad - and to save her best friend
from a horrible fate.
There are some lines that should never be crossed - even in a city ruled by
hunger. The black market is Lizaa's lifeline, where she barters family
heirlooms and steals whatever she can get her hands on just for enough food
to survive. Morality, after all, has become a fluid thing since the Nazi siege has
cut off her city from the rest of the world. Hope for a quick liberation is
obliterated as the Soviet government focuses on sustaining the Red Army and
not the city, subjecting its people to unimaginable cruelties at the hands of the
secret police. When Lizaa's best friend Aka proposes that they go to the same
bullying officials, rumored to give young women food in exchange for
"entertainment,a€ Liza thinks there surely must be some other way. Then Aka
disappears and Liza resolves to rescue her no matter the cost, entangling
herself in an increasingly dangerous web with two former classmates, one a
policeman, the other forced to live underground.
The Hunger Between Us is an absorbing novel about being trapped with
impossible choices and the bonds of love that are tested along dangerous
paths.
A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection
Scott's high-stakes debut . . . combines rich historical details, propulsive
pacing, and a bleak, realistically wrought landscape to illuminate this dark
chapter in history while raising moral questions about (...)

Marina Scottwas born and raised behind the Iron Curtain in Vilnius, Lithuania.
She graduated from a local university with a Mastera's degree in library
science, but a short stint in a Soviet library changed her mind about being a
librarian in the U.S.S.R. She immigrated to the United States in 2000 and now
resides in Salt Lake City. Her books include The Hunger Between Us,
Neighbors, and Yearning

Square Fish
On Sale: Oct 31/23
5.38 x 8.25 • 304 pages
9781250845429 • $15.99 • pb
YA Fic / Historical / Europe • Ages 12-18 years