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Starred Review. Reviewed by Megan Whalen Turner
If there really are merely seven original plots within the world, it's odd that boy meets girl is always mentioned, and society goes bad and attacks the great guy never is. Yet we have Fahrenheit 451, The Giver, Your House from the Scorpion—and now, following a lengthy 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 really a gripping story set in a postapocalyptic world when a replacement for that Usa demands a tribute from each of its territories: two children to be used as gladiators in a televised fight on the death.Katniss, from that which was once Appalachia, offers to look at the place of her sister inside 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 significance 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 fresh Theseus, is cold, calculating but still likable. She has got the attributes being a winner, where Peeta has got the grace being an excellent 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 maintain its tributaries subdued and its citizens complacent—may have came up with Games, but mindless television will be the real danger, the means through 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, it makes this the proper book with 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 sorts of our sentences can easily while using same rise as questions. When Katniss is distributed to stylists being made more telegenic before she competes, she stands naked in front of them, strangely unembarrassed. They're so unlike people that we are 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 are sending her to her death, she imagines them as pets. It is not exactly the contestants who risk the loss of the humanity. It is perhaps all who watch. Katniss struggles to win not just 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 is left unanswered may be the central question. Has she sacrificed too much? We determine what she's got given up to survive, but not if the price was too high. Readers will wait eagerly to find out more.
Megan Whalen Turner is the author in the Newbery Honor book The Thief and it is sequels, The Queen of Attolia and The King of Attolia. The following 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 has collapsed, weakened by drought, fire, famine, and war, to become 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 be involved in The Hunger Games. Part entertainment, part brutal intimidation of the subjugated districts, the televised games are broadcasted throughout Panem since the 24 participants are made to eliminate their competitors, literally, wonderful 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 adopt her place. She and her male counterpart, Peeta, the son with the town baker who seems to possess all of the fighting skills of your lump of bread dough, will probably be pitted against bigger, stronger representatives who have trained for this their whole lives. Collins's characters are completely realistic and sympathetic since they form alliances and friendships within the face of overwhelming odds; the plot is tense, dramatic, and engrossing. This book will surely resonate while using 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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