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Starred Review. Reviewed by Megan Whalen Turner
If there really are just seven original plots inside the world, it's odd that boy meets girl is definitely mentioned, and society goes bad and attacks the great guy never is. Yet we've got Fahrenheit 451, The Giver, Your House with the Scorpion—and now, following an extended tradition of Brave New Worlds, The Hunger Games. Collins hasn't tied her future with a specific date, or weighted it down with a lot of finger wagging. Rather less 1984 and rather more Death Race 2000, hers is a gripping story set in a very postapocalyptic world in which a replacement for that United States demands a tribute from each of the company's territories: two children to be used as gladiators inside a televised fight to the death.Katniss, from the fact that was once Appalachia, offers to adopt the host to her sister within 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 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 but still likable. She has the attributes being a winner, where Peeta has 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 hold its tributaries subdued and its particular citizens complacent—may have came up with Games, but mindless television may be the real danger, the means where society pacifies its citizens and punishes people who neglect to conform. Will its connection to reality TV, ubiquitous today, date the book? It might, but for now, it makes this the right book with 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 with the same rise as questions. When Katniss is sent to stylists to become made more telegenic before she competes, she stands naked looking at them, strangely unembarrassed. They're so unlike people that i am you can forget 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'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 perhaps all who watch. Katniss struggles to win not only the Games nevertheless 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 know adequately what she gets given as much as survive, although not perhaps the price was too high. Readers will wait eagerly to find out more.
Megan Whalen Turner is the author from the Newbery Honor book The Thief and its sequels, The Queen of Attolia and The King of Attolia. The next book in the series will probably be published by Greenwillow in 2010.
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Grade 7 Up -In a not-too-distant future, the United states of america of America has collapsed, weakened by drought, fire, famine, and war, to get 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 since the 24 participants are made to eliminate their competitors, literally, effortlessly 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 consider her place. She and her male counterpart, Peeta, the son of the town baker who seems to get all the fighting skills of your lump of bread dough, is likely to be pitted against bigger, stronger representatives that have trained with this their whole lives. Collins's characters are completely realistic and sympathetic because they form alliances and friendships within 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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