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Starred Review. Reviewed by Megan Whalen Turner
If there really are merely seven original plots in the world, it's odd that boy meets girl is definitely mentioned, and society goes bad and attacks the good guy never is. Yet we've 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 your specific date, or weighted it down with too much finger wagging. Rather less 1984 and rather more Death Race 2000, hers is really a gripping story set in a postapocalyptic world when a replacement to the United states of america demands a tribute from each of its territories: two children to get used as gladiators inside a televised fight towards the death.Katniss, from that which was once Appalachia, offers to take the host to 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 importance of holding onto 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 whilst still being likable. She has the attributes being a winner, where Peeta has got the grace to be 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. the State of Panem—which needs to maintain its tributaries subdued and its particular citizens complacent—may have come up with Games, but mindless television may 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, celebrate this the correct book with the right time. What happens if we choose entertainment over humanity? In Collins's world, we'll be obsessive about grooming, we'll talk funny, and our sentences can easily using the same rise as questions. When Katniss is shipped to stylists to become made more telegenic before she competes, she stands naked in front of them, strangely unembarrassed. They're so unlike people that I'm no longer 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 isn't only the contestants who risk the loss of their humanity. It is who watch. Katniss struggles to win not just the Games though the inherent contest for audience approval. Because this can be the first book in a very series, not everything is resolved, and what is left unanswered is the central question. Has she sacrificed too much? We understand what she's got given up to survive, but not perhaps the price was too high. Readers will wait eagerly to master more.
Megan Whalen Turner may be the author of the Newbery Honor book The Thief and it is sequels, The Queen of Attolia and The King of Attolia. The subsequent book in the series will 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 become replaced by Panem, a country divided into the Capitol and 12 districts. Each year, two young representatives from each district are selected by lottery to be involved in The Hunger Games. Part entertainment, part brutal intimidation with the subjugated districts, the televised games are broadcasted throughout Panem as the 24 participants are forced to eliminate their competitors, literally, wonderful 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 take her place. She and her male counterpart, Peeta, the son in the town baker who seems to own all the fighting skills of an lump of bread dough, will probably be pitted against bigger, stronger representatives that have trained for this their whole lives. Collins's characters are completely realistic and sympathetic since they form alliances and friendships inside face of overwhelming odds; the plot is tense, dramatic, and engrossing. This book will definitely 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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