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Starred Review. Reviewed by Megan Whalen Turner
If there really are only seven original plots in the world, it's odd that boy meets girl is usually mentioned, and society goes bad and attacks the great guy never is. Yet we've got Fahrenheit 451, The Giver, the House with 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 a lot of finger wagging. Rather less 1984 and rather more Death Race 2000, hers can be a gripping story set in a postapocalyptic world the place where a replacement for your Usa demands a tribute from each of its territories: two children to become used as gladiators in the televised fight towards the death.Katniss, from the thing that was once Appalachia, offers to take the place of her sister inside Hunger Games, but after this ultimate sacrifice, she actually is entirely focused on survival at any cost. It is her teammate, Peeta, who recognizes the significance of holding to 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 yet still likable. She has the attributes to be a winner, where Peeta gets the grace to be 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. Their State of Panem—which needs to hold its tributaries subdued and its particular citizens complacent—may have created the Games, but mindless television will be the real danger, the means in which society pacifies its citizens and punishes people 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 in the right time. What happens as we choose entertainment over humanity? In Collins's world, we'll be enthusiastic about grooming, we'll talk funny, and many types of our sentences can easily with the same rise as questions. When Katniss is shipped to stylists to become made more telegenic before she competes, she stands naked before them, strangely unembarrassed. They're so unlike people that i am 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 who are sending her to her death, she imagines them as pets. It's not only the contestants who risk the loss of these humanity. It is perhaps all who watch. Katniss struggles to win not just the Games however the inherent contest for audience approval. Because this can be the first book in the series, not everything is resolved, and what exactly is left unanswered is the central question. Has she sacrificed too much? We know adequately what she has given as much as survive, however, not whether the price was too high. Readers will wait eagerly to learn more.
Megan Whalen Turner will be the author from the Newbery Honor book The Thief and it is sequels, The Queen of Attolia and The King of Attolia. The following book inside 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 the Capitol and 12 districts. Each year, two young representatives from each district are selected by lottery to engage in The Hunger Games. Part entertainment, part brutal intimidation of the subjugated districts, the televised games are broadcasted throughout Panem because the 24 participants are made to eliminate their competitors, literally, with all of 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 look at her place. She and her male counterpart, Peeta, the son with the town baker who seems to get all of the fighting skills of a lump of bread dough, will probably be pitted against bigger, stronger representatives who've trained for this their whole lives. Collins's characters are completely realistic and sympathetic because they form alliances and friendships within the 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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