The Hunger Games (Hunger Games Series #1) by Suzanne Collins | Paperback. Publishers Weekly. Signature. Reviewed by Megan Whalen Turner. If there really are only seven original plots in the world, it's odd that "boy meets girl" is always mentioned, and "society goes bad and attacks the good guy" never is. Yet we have Fahrenheit 4.
The Giver, The House of the Scorpion- and now, following a long 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 1. 98. Death Race 2. 00.
Katniss Everdeen voluntarily takes her younger sister's place in the Hunger Games, a televised competition in which two teenagers from each of the twelve Districts of. Start by marking “The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)” as Want to Read. The Hunger Games is a trilogy of books by Suzanne Collins which tells the story of Katniss Everdeen (16) in these games. In the first book, Katniss replaces her. The Hunger Games is a young-adult, dystopian novel written by Suzanne Collins. It was originally.
United States demands a tribute from each of its territories: two children to be used as gladiators in a televised fight to the death. Katniss, from what was once Appalachia, offers to take the place of her sister in the Hunger Games, but after this ultimate sacrifice, she is entirely focused on survival at any cost.
It is her teammate, Peeta, who recognizes the importance 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 new Theseus, is cold, calculating and still likable. She has the attributes to be a winner, where Peeta has the grace to be a good loser. It's no accident that 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 keep its tributaries subdued and its citizens complacent- may have created the Games, but mindless television is the real danger, the means by which societypacifies its citizens and punishes those who fail to conform. Will its connection to reality TV, ubiquitous today, date the book?
- This section requires expansion. You can help the Hunger Games Wiki by expanding it. The second rebellion formed in the aftermath of the 74th Hunger Games.
- In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and.
- The Hunger Games (Trilogy) is one of the most 'unputdownable' books to enter the teen market in a long time. The cliffhangers at the end of each volume are so intense.
- 142 minutes: Country: United States: Language: English: Budget: $78 million: Box office: $694.4 million.
It might, but for now, it makes this the right book at the right time. What happens if we choose entertainment over humanity? In Collins's world, we'll be obsessed with grooming, we'll talk funny, and all our sentences will end with the same rise as questions. When Katniss is sent to stylists to be made more telegenic before she competes, she stands naked in front of them, strangely unembarrassed.
They're so unlike people that I'm no more 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 just the contestants who risk the loss of their humanity. It is all who watch. Katniss struggles to win not only the Games but the inherent contest for audience approval.
Because this is the first book in a series, not everything is resolved, and what is left unanswered is the central question. Has she sacrificed too much? We know what she has given up to survive, but not whether the price was too high. Readers will wait eagerly to learn more. Megan Whalen Turner is the author of 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 be published by Greenwillow in 2. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc.
All rights reserved. School Library Journal. Gr 7 Up Suzanne Collins's first book (Scholastic, 2. The controlling Capitol broadcasts the Hunger Games, mandatory watching for all citizens of Panem.
The annual event pits 2. Tributes- a girl and boy teen from each of the 1. Districts surrounding the Capitol- against one another in a desperate battle to the death. When 1. 6- year- old Katniss Everdeen steps forward to take her younger sister's place as District Twelve's girl Tribute, she is thrown into a media frenzy, complete with stylists and costumes, literally fighting for her life in the arena.
Intense, graphic action, along with a touch of romance, makes this dystopic adventure a great choice for older reluctant readers. Although the plot mimics both Stephen King's The Long Walk (Penguin, 1. Running Man (Signet, 1. Koushon Takami's Battle Royale (Tokyopop, 2.
Collins creates a fascinating world and Katniss is a believably flawed and interesting character. Carolyn Mc. Cormick ably voices the action- packed sequences and Katniss's every fear and strength shines through, along with her doomed growing attraction to one of her fellow Tributes. This engrossing audiobook belongs in all public and school libraries.- Charli Osborne, Oxford Public Library, MI.