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Starred Review. Reviewed by Megan Whalen Turner
If there really are merely seven original plots inside world, it's odd that boy meets girl is usually mentioned, and society goes bad and attacks the great guy never is. Yet we now have Fahrenheit 451, The Giver, The Home with the Scorpion—and now, following a lengthy tradition of Brave New Worlds, The Hunger Games. Collins hasn't tied her future to a specific date, or weighted it down with excessive finger wagging. Rather less 1984 and rather more Death Race 2000, hers is a gripping story set in a postapocalyptic world the place where a replacement to the United states of america demands a tribute from each of their territories: two children to get used as gladiators in a very televised fight to the death.Katniss, from the proven fact that was once Appalachia, offers to adopt the host to her sister inside the Hunger Games, but after this ultimate sacrifice, she is entirely dedicated to survival at any cost. It is her teammate, Peeta, who recognizes the value of holding on to one's humanity in such inhuman circumstances. It's a credit to Collins's skill at characterization that Katniss, like a fresh Theseus, is cold, calculating whilst still being likable. She gets the attributes being a winner, where Peeta has got the grace to become a great 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 hold its tributaries subdued and its particular citizens complacent—may have come up with Games, but mindless television will be the real danger, the means by which society pacifies its citizens and punishes people that don't conform. Will its connection to reality TV, ubiquitous today, date the book? It might, but for now, it can make this the correct book in the right time. What happens when we choose entertainment over humanity? In Collins's world, we'll be obsessive about grooming, we'll talk funny, and our sentences can finish using the same rise as questions. When Katniss is distributed to stylists to become made more telegenic before she competes, she stands naked looking at them, strangely unembarrassed. They're so unlike people that we are no longer self-conscious than if a trio of oddly colored birds were pecking around my feet, she thinks. In order not to hate these creatures that are sending her to her death, she imagines them as pets. It is not only the contestants who risk the loss of the humanity. It is all who watch. Katniss struggles to win not exactly the Games however the inherent contest for audience approval. Because this really is the first book in the series, not it is all totally resolved, and what is left unanswered is the central question. Has she sacrificed too much? We understand what she's got given around survive, although not whether the price was too high. Readers will wait eagerly to understand more.
Megan Whalen Turner will be the author of the Newbery Honor book The Thief and its sequels, The Queen of Attolia and The King of Attolia. The following book inside the series will likely be published by Greenwillow in 2010.
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Grade 7 Up -In a not-too-distant future, the Usa of America has collapsed, weakened by drought, fire, famine, and war, being replaced by Panem, a country divided 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 of the subjugated districts, the televised games are broadcasted throughout Panem as the 24 participants are instructed to eliminate their competitors, literally, effortlessly citizens needed to watch. When 16-year-old Katniss's young sister, Prim, is selected because 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 have all of the fighting skills of a lump of bread dough, will be pitted against bigger, stronger representatives who have trained for this their whole lives. Collins's characters are completely realistic and sympathetic as they form alliances and friendships within the face of overwhelming odds; the plot is tense, dramatic, and engrossing. This book will surely resonate with all the generation raised on reality shows like 'Survivor' and 'American Gladiator.' Book among a planned trilogy.Jane Henriksen Baird, Anchorage Public Library, AK
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