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Starred Review. Reviewed by Megan Whalen Turner
If there really are just seven original plots inside world, it's odd that boy meets girl is definitely 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 good tradition of Brave New Worlds, The Hunger Games. Collins hasn't tied her future to your specific date, or weighted it down with too much finger wagging. Rather less 1984 and rather more Death Race 2000, hers is a gripping story set inside a postapocalyptic world the place where a replacement to the United States demands a tribute from each of their territories: two children being used as gladiators in a televised fight towards the death.Katniss, from what was once Appalachia, offers to look at the place of her sister inside the Hunger Games, but after this ultimate sacrifice, she's entirely focused on survival at any cost. It is her teammate, Peeta, who recognizes the importance 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 brand new Theseus, is cold, calculating but still likable. She has the attributes to be a winner, where Peeta has got the grace being 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 maintain its tributaries subdued and it is citizens complacent—may have came up with Games, but mindless television may be the real danger, the means through which society pacifies its citizens and punishes those that don't conform. Will its connection to reality TV, ubiquitous today, date the book? It might, but for now, it can make this the proper book with 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 our sentences will end with all the same rise as questions. When Katniss is shipped to stylists to become made more telegenic before she competes, she stands naked looking at them, strangely unembarrassed. They're so unlike people that we're no longer 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's not the contestants who risk the loss of these humanity. It is who watch. Katniss struggles to win not just the Games nevertheless the inherent contest for audience approval. Because this is the first book in a very series, not it is all totally resolved, and what exactly is left unanswered will be the central question. Has she sacrificed too much? We know very well what she gets given up to survive, although not whether or not the price was too high. Readers will wait eagerly to find out more.
Megan Whalen Turner may 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 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 as the 24 participants are made to eliminate their competitors, literally, with all 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 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, is going to 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 in the face of overwhelming odds; the plot is tense, dramatic, and engrossing. This book will definitely resonate with 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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