Hungry “In Thalia's world there is no need for food- everyone takes medication (or inocs) to ward off hunger. It should mean there is no more famine , no more obesity, no more food related illness, and no more war… at least that's what her parents think” (Goodreads.com 1). The book Hungry by H.A. Swain is about a teen girl named Thalia who is on the search for everyday food since all she has to eat is inocs (medication), but has troubles along way. On her journey, Thalia runs into a boy and they fall in love, yet she has to choose if she wants to stay with him or go back to her parents who she is fighting against. This is a great book and young adults to read because it has a real life connection with Hadrian's Wall, and it has an amazing story line showing how people should be able to be who they want. …show more content…
The author David J. Breeze states in the article “Hadrian's Wall” “that Hadrian's Wall continues roman defense barrier that quartered the north western frontier of the province of Britain from barbarian invaders” (Breeze 1). While in the novel Hungry, the author H.A. Swain wrote, “During the wars the mega-highways lying like belts around the city were easy to convert into these reinforced steel-and-concrete walls during the worst of the fighting when each population center was feeding for itself” (Swain 99). In the article, “Hadrian’s Wall” was built for protection from barbarian invaders, which corresponds with the book by showing that the highways were built to keep people