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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 nice guy never is. Yet we have Fahrenheit 451, The Giver, Your House in 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 too much finger wagging. Rather less 1984 and rather more Death Race 2000, hers is really a gripping story set in the postapocalyptic world where a replacement for the United States demands a tribute from each of its territories: two children being used as gladiators in the televised fight on the death.Katniss, from that which was once Appalachia, offers to adopt the place of her sister inside Hunger Games, but after this ultimate sacrifice, she actually is entirely centered 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 whilst still being likable. She gets the attributes to get a winner, where Peeta gets the grace to become a great 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. Their State of Panem—which needs to help keep its tributaries subdued and it is citizens complacent—may have came up with Games, but mindless television is the real danger, the means in which society pacifies its citizens and punishes those who don't conform. Will its connection to reality TV, ubiquitous today, date the book? It might, but for now, it can make this the right book at the right time. What happens when we choose entertainment over humanity? In Collins's world, we'll be obsessive about grooming, we'll talk funny, and all our sentences can easily using the same rise as questions. When Katniss is distributed to stylists being made more telegenic before she competes, she stands naked before them, strangely unembarrassed. They're so unlike people that we're forget about self-conscious than if a trio of oddly colored birds were pecking around my feet, she thinks. In order to not hate these creatures who're sending her to her death, she imagines them as pets. It isn't the contestants who risk the loss of their humanity. It is who watch. Katniss struggles to win not just the Games however the inherent contest for audience approval. Because this really is the first book inside a series, not things are resolved, and what exactly is left unanswered could be the central question. Has she sacrificed too much? We know what she's got given up to survive, and not perhaps the price was too high. Readers will wait eagerly to find out more.
Megan Whalen Turner may be the author from the Newbery Honor book The Thief and its sequels, The Queen of Attolia and The King of Attolia. The following book within the series will probably be published by Greenwillow in 2010.
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Grade 7 Up -In a not-too-distant future, the Usa of America has collapsed, weakened by drought, fire, famine, and war, to be replaced by Panem, a country divided in 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 from the subjugated districts, the televised games are broadcasted throughout Panem because the 24 participants are expected to eliminate their competitors, literally, effortlessly citizens needed to watch. When 16-year-old Katniss's young sister, Prim, is selected as the mining district's female representative, Katniss volunteers to look at her place. She and her male counterpart, Peeta, the son of the town baker who seems to own every certainly one of the fighting skills of the lump of bread dough, is gonna be pitted against bigger, stronger representatives who've trained with 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 while using 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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