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Starred Review. Reviewed by Megan Whalen Turner
If there really are only seven original plots inside 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've Fahrenheit 451, The Giver, The Home from the Scorpion—and now, following a long tradition of Brave New Worlds, The Hunger Games. Collins hasn't tied her future with a specific date, or weighted it down with excessive finger wagging. Rather less 1984 and rather more Death Race 2000, hers is really a gripping story set in a very postapocalyptic world the place where a replacement for your United States demands a tribute from each of their territories: two children to get used as gladiators in a very televised fight towards the death.Katniss, from the thing that was once Appalachia, offers to look at 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 importance of holding on 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 but still likable. She has got the attributes to get a winner, where Peeta has got the grace to become a good 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. the State of Panem—which needs to help keep its tributaries subdued and its 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 don't conform. Will its connection to reality TV, ubiquitous today, date the book? It might, but for now, it can make this the proper book on the right time. What happens when we choose entertainment over humanity? In Collins's world, we'll be enthusiastic about grooming, we'll talk funny, and our sentences can easily while using same rise as questions. When Katniss is shipped to stylists being made more telegenic before she competes, she stands naked before them, strangely unembarrassed. They're so unlike people that i am forget about self-conscious than if a trio of oddly colored birds were pecking around my feet, she thinks. In order not to hate these creatures who are sending her to her death, she imagines them as pets. It isn't really exactly the contestants who risk the loss of the humanity. It is perhaps all who watch. Katniss struggles to win not exactly the Games but the inherent contest for audience approval. Because that is the first book in a very series, not things are resolved, and what's left unanswered will be the central question. Has she sacrificed too much? We understand what she has given as much as survive, but not whether or otherwise not the price was too high. Readers will wait eagerly to understand more.
Megan Whalen Turner is the author in the Newbery Honor book The Thief and its particular sequels, The Queen of Attolia and The King of Attolia. The following 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 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 engage in The Hunger Games. Part entertainment, part brutal intimidation from the subjugated districts, the televised games are broadcasted throughout Panem as the 24 participants are forced to eliminate their competitors, literally, wonderful citizens necessary to watch. When 16-year-old Katniss's young sister, Prim, is selected as the mining district's female representative, Katniss volunteers to take her place. She and her male counterpart, Peeta, the son from the town baker who seems to have every one of the fighting skills of your lump of bread dough, will be pitted against bigger, stronger representatives that have trained because of this their whole lives. Collins's characters are completely realistic and sympathetic while they form alliances and friendships in the face of overwhelming odds; the plot is tense, dramatic, and engrossing. This book will certainly resonate with the generation raised on reality shows like 'Survivor' and 'American Gladiator.' Book considered one of a planned trilogy.Jane Henriksen Baird, Anchorage Public Library, AK
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