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Starred Review. Reviewed by Megan Whalen Turner
If there really are just seven original plots within the world, it's odd that boy meets girl is always mentioned, and society goes bad and attacks the good guy never is. Yet we've Fahrenheit 451, The Giver, the House from the Scorpion—and now, following a long tradition of Brave New Worlds, The Hunger Games. Collins hasn't tied her future to 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 inside a postapocalyptic world where a replacement for your United states of america demands a tribute from each of the territories: two children to be used as gladiators in the televised fight on the death.Katniss, from that which was once Appalachia, offers to look at the place of her sister in the 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 yet still likable. She gets the attributes being a winner, where Peeta has got the grace to become a fantastic 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 hold its tributaries subdued and its citizens complacent—may have created the Games, but mindless television may be the real danger, the means where society pacifies its citizens and punishes people that neglect to conform. Will its connection to reality TV, ubiquitous today, date the book? It might, but for now, it can make this the proper book at 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 all our sentences will end with the same rise as questions. When Katniss is shipped to stylists to be made more telegenic before she competes, she stands naked before them, strangely unembarrassed. They're so unlike people that I'm forget about self-conscious than if a trio of oddly colored birds were pecking around my feet, she thinks. In order not to hate these creatures that are sending her to her death, she imagines them as pets. It is not only the contestants who risk the loss of the humanity. It is all who watch. Katniss struggles to win not merely the Games however the inherent contest for audience approval. Because that is the first book in a very series, not it is all totally resolved, and what is left unanswered may be the central question. Has she sacrificed too much? We know what she gets given around survive, although not whether or otherwise the price was too high. Readers will wait eagerly to understand more.
Megan Whalen Turner could be the author with the Newbery Honor book The Thief and its particular sequels, The Queen of Attolia and The King of Attolia. The subsequent 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 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 be involved in The Hunger Games. Part entertainment, part brutal intimidation in the subjugated districts, the televised games are broadcasted throughout Panem because the 24 participants are forced to eliminate their competitors, literally, effortlessly citizens required to watch. When 16-year-old Katniss's young sister, Prim, is selected since the mining district's female representative, Katniss volunteers to consider her place. She and her male counterpart, Peeta, the son with the town baker who seems to own all the fighting skills of the lump of bread dough, will be pitted against bigger, stronger representatives who have trained with this their whole lives. Collins's characters are completely realistic and sympathetic since they form alliances and friendships in the face of overwhelming odds; the plot is tense, dramatic, and engrossing. This book will surely resonate with all 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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