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Starred Review. Reviewed by Megan Whalen Turner
If there really are only seven original plots inside world, it's odd that boy meets girl is always mentioned, and society goes bad and attacks the great guy never is. Yet we now have Fahrenheit 451, The Giver, Your Home of the Scorpion—and now, following a long tradition of Brave New Worlds, The Hunger Games. Collins hasn't tied her future to some specific date, or weighted it down with excessive finger wagging. Rather less 1984 and rather more Death Race 2000, hers is often a gripping story set in the postapocalyptic world in which a replacement to the United states of america demands a tribute from each of its territories: two children to become used as gladiators inside a televised fight on the death.Katniss, from that which was once Appalachia, offers to look at the host to 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 onto one's humanity in such inhuman circumstances. It's a credit to Collins's skill at characterization that Katniss, like a whole new Theseus, is cold, calculating and still likable. She has got the attributes to be a winner, where Peeta has the grace to be a fantastic 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. Hawaii of Panem—which needs to keep its tributaries subdued and it is citizens complacent—may have came up with Games, but mindless television could be the real danger, the means through which society pacifies its citizens and punishes those who neglect to conform. Will its connection to reality TV, ubiquitous today, date the book? It might, but for now, it makes this the best 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 our sentences can finish using the same rise as questions. When Katniss is shipped to stylists to be made more telegenic before she competes, she stands naked facing 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 are sending her to her death, she imagines them as pets. It isn't the contestants who risk the loss of the humanity. It is all who watch. Katniss struggles to win not only the Games but the inherent contest for audience approval. Because this can be the first book in the series, not things are resolved, and what is left unanswered may be the central question. Has she sacrificed too much? We understand what she has given around survive, and not perhaps the price was too high. Readers will wait eagerly to master more.
Megan Whalen Turner will be the author in the Newbery Honor book The Thief and its sequels, The Queen of Attolia and The King of Attolia. The subsequent book within the 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 has collapsed, weakened by drought, fire, famine, and war, to be 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 participate in The Hunger Games. Part entertainment, part brutal intimidation from the subjugated districts, the televised games are broadcasted throughout Panem as 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 because the mining district's female representative, Katniss volunteers to take her place. She and her male counterpart, Peeta, the son from the town baker who seems to own every one of the fighting skills of a lump of bread dough, will likely be pitted against bigger, stronger representatives who've trained because of 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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