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Tamar, by Mal Peet
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When he was a child, fussy about his food, Marijke had told him stories of rationing and hunger and people who would kill each other for a chicken.†
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rationing = restricting the amount of something each person can have -- such as food or gasoline when there is a shortage
She also pointed out that she now has another mouth to feed, and that Dr. Lubbers doesn't have a ration card yet.†
I hadn't realized the rationing was so bad.†

rationing = restricting the amount of something each person can have -- such as food or gasoline when there is a shortage
In addition, their families in Holland would get preferential treatment: extra rations, winter clothing, and coal, as well as half the workers' wages.†
Each day, two of the sisters gathered up the ration books and set off for town.†
When they went in, they found that the woman's husband had died two months ago, but she'd kept the body in the back room because she was still using his ration book.†

Definitions:

(1) (ration)
a fixed share of something, especially scarce goods like food or fuel; or to limit and distribute something in fixed shares
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)