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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've got 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 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 very postapocalyptic world in which a replacement for your United States demands a tribute from each of its territories: two children being used as gladiators in a very televised fight to the death.Katniss, from the proven fact that was once Appalachia, offers to consider the place of her sister inside the Hunger Games, but after this ultimate sacrifice, she's entirely centered on survival at any cost. It is her teammate, Peeta, who recognizes the value of holding on 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 yet still likable. She has got the attributes being a winner, where Peeta gets 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. Their State of Panem—which needs to help keep its tributaries subdued and its citizens complacent—may have created the Games, but mindless television could be the real danger, the means by which society pacifies its citizens and punishes people who 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 at the right time. What happens as we choose entertainment over humanity? In Collins's world, we'll be obsessive about grooming, we'll talk funny, and many types of our sentences can easily with the same rise as questions. When Katniss is distributed to stylists being made more telegenic before she competes, she stands naked looking at them, strangely unembarrassed. They're so unlike people that I'm no more self-conscious than if a trio of oddly colored birds were pecking around my feet, she thinks. In order to not hate these creatures that are sending her to her death, she imagines them as pets. It isn't really only the contestants who risk the loss of the humanity. It is all who watch. Katniss struggles to win not exactly the Games nevertheless the inherent contest for audience approval. Because this is the first book in a very series, not things are resolved, and what is left unanswered is the central question. Has she sacrificed too much? We determine what she gets given as much as survive, and not whether or otherwise the price was too high. Readers will wait eagerly to find out more.
Megan Whalen Turner could 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 in the series is likely to 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 take part 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, with all of citizens necessary 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 of the town baker who seems to own all of the fighting skills of an lump of bread dough, will 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 certainly resonate with all the 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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