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Starred Review. Reviewed by Megan Whalen Turner
If there really are only seven original plots within 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 in the Scorpion—and now, following a lengthy tradition of Brave New Worlds, The Hunger Games. Collins hasn't tied her future to some specific date, or weighted it down with an excessive amount of finger wagging. Rather less 1984 and rather more Death Race 2000, hers can be 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 be used as gladiators in the televised fight to the death.Katniss, from that which was once Appalachia, offers to consider the host to her sister inside the Hunger Games, but after this ultimate sacrifice, she actually is entirely focused on survival at any cost. It is her teammate, Peeta, who recognizes the importance of holding 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 but still likable. She gets the attributes to be a winner, where Peeta has got the grace being a great loser.It's no accident these games are presented as pop culture. Every generation projects its fear: runaway science, communism, overpopulation, nuclear wars and, now, reality TV. Hawaii of Panem—which needs to maintain its tributaries subdued and its citizens complacent—may have created the Games, but mindless television could be the real danger, the means in which society pacifies its citizens and punishes those that fail to conform. Will its connection to reality TV, ubiquitous today, date the book? It might, but for now, celebrate this the right book in the right time. What happens if we choose entertainment over humanity? In Collins's world, we'll be enthusiastic about grooming, we'll talk funny, and our sentences will end with the same rise as questions. When Katniss is distributed to stylists to be made more telegenic before she competes, she stands naked looking at them, strangely unembarrassed. They're so unlike people that we are you can forget self-conscious than if a trio of oddly colored birds were pecking around my feet, she thinks. In order never to hate these creatures who're sending her to her death, she imagines them as pets. It is not only the contestants who risk the loss with their humanity. It is perhaps all who watch. Katniss struggles to win not only the Games however the inherent contest for audience approval. Because this is the first book in a series, not things are resolved, and what is left unanswered is the central question. Has she sacrificed too much? We know what she gets given around survive, however, not perhaps the price was too high. Readers will wait eagerly to learn more.
Megan Whalen Turner will be the author with the Newbery Honor book The Thief and its particular sequels, The Queen of Attolia and The King of Attolia. The following book inside series will likely 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 be replaced by Panem, a country divided in 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 with the subjugated districts, the televised games are broadcasted throughout Panem as the 24 participants are made to eliminate their competitors, literally, effortlessly citizens required 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 with the town baker who seems to get every one of the fighting skills of an lump of bread dough, is planning to be pitted against bigger, stronger representatives who've trained because of this their whole lives. Collins's characters are completely realistic and sympathetic as they form alliances and friendships inside face of overwhelming odds; the plot is tense, dramatic, and engrossing. This book will surely resonate using the generation raised on reality shows like 'Survivor' and 'American Gladiator.' Book one of a planned trilogy.Jane Henriksen Baird, Anchorage Public Library, AK
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