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Starred Review. Reviewed by Megan Whalen Turner
If there really are just seven original plots in the world, it's odd that boy meets girl is always mentioned, and society goes bad and attacks the nice guy never is. Yet we now have Fahrenheit 451, The Giver, The Home from the Scorpion—and now, following an extended tradition of Brave New Worlds, The Hunger Games. Collins hasn't tied her future to a specific date, or weighted it down with too much finger wagging. Rather less 1984 and rather more Death Race 2000, hers is a gripping story set in a postapocalyptic world in which a replacement for the United states of america demands a tribute from each of their territories: two children to become used as gladiators in a very televised fight to the death.Katniss, from what was once Appalachia, offers to consider the place of her sister within the Hunger Games, but after this ultimate sacrifice, jane is entirely focused on survival at any cost. It is her teammate, Peeta, who recognizes the significance of holding onto one's humanity in such inhuman circumstances. It's a credit to Collins's skill at characterization that Katniss, like a brand new Theseus, is cold, calculating but still likable. She has got the attributes to become a winner, where Peeta has got the grace being a fantastic loser.It's no accident why these games are presented as pop culture. Every generation projects its fear: runaway science, communism, overpopulation, nuclear wars and, now, reality TV. Their State of Panem—which needs to help keep its tributaries subdued and its particular citizens complacent—may have came up with Games, but mindless television could be the real danger, the means where society pacifies its citizens and punishes those that neglect to conform. Will its connection to reality TV, ubiquitous today, date the book? It might, but for now, it can make this the proper book with the right time. What happens as we choose entertainment over humanity? In Collins's world, we'll be obsessed with grooming, we'll talk funny, and our sentences will end using the same rise as questions. When Katniss is distributed to stylists to get made more telegenic before she competes, she stands naked looking at them, strangely unembarrassed. They're so unlike people that we're no more self-conscious than if a trio of oddly colored birds were pecking around my feet, she thinks. In order to never hate these creatures who're sending her to her death, she imagines them as pets. It is not just the contestants who risk the loss of their humanity. It is all who watch. Katniss struggles to win not exactly the Games however the inherent contest for audience approval. Because this can be the first book in a very series, not things are resolved, and what's left unanswered is the central question. Has she sacrificed too much? We determine what she gets given approximately survive, but not if the price was too high. Readers will wait eagerly to learn more.
Megan Whalen Turner could be the author in the Newbery Honor book The Thief and its particular sequels, The Queen of Attolia and The King of Attolia. The next book in the series will likely be published by Greenwillow in 2010.
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Grade 7 Up -In a not-too-distant future, the United States of America has collapsed, weakened by drought, fire, famine, and war, to become replaced by Panem, a country divided in to the Capitol and 12 districts. Each year, two young representatives from each district are selected by lottery to take part in The Hunger Games. Part entertainment, part brutal intimidation in the subjugated districts, the televised games are broadcasted throughout Panem because the 24 participants are expected to eliminate their competitors, literally, with all of citizens needed to watch. When 16-year-old Katniss's young sister, Prim, is selected since the mining district's female representative, Katniss volunteers to look at her place. She and her male counterpart, Peeta, the son from the town baker who seems to get every certainly one of the fighting skills of your lump of bread dough, will probably be pitted against bigger, stronger representatives who have trained just for this their whole lives. Collins's characters are completely realistic and sympathetic since they form alliances and friendships within the face of overwhelming odds; the plot is tense, dramatic, and engrossing. This book will surely resonate while using generation raised on reality shows like 'Survivor' and 'American Gladiator.' Book certainly one of a planned trilogy.Jane Henriksen Baird, Anchorage Public Library, AK
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