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Starred Review. Reviewed by Megan Whalen Turner
If there really are just seven original plots inside the world, it's odd that boy meets girl is usually mentioned, and society goes bad and attacks the nice guy never is. Yet we've got Fahrenheit 451, The Giver, Your House of 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 too much finger wagging. Rather less 1984 and rather more Death Race 2000, hers can be a gripping story set in a postapocalyptic world where a replacement for the United states of america demands a tribute from each of its territories: two children being used as gladiators in the televised fight to the death.Katniss, from the thing that was once Appalachia, offers to take the host to her sister inside the Hunger Games, but after this ultimate sacrifice, she is entirely centered on survival at any cost. It is her teammate, Peeta, who recognizes the value 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 and still likable. She gets the attributes to get a winner, where Peeta gets the grace to get a good 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. the 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 where society pacifies its citizens and punishes people who 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 in 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 sorts of our sentences will end using the same rise as questions. When Katniss is distributed to stylists being made more telegenic before she competes, she stands naked in front of 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 to never hate these creatures who're sending her to her death, she imagines them as pets. It's not the contestants who risk the loss of the humanity. It is perhaps all who watch. Katniss struggles to win not only the Games but the inherent contest for audience approval. Because this is the first book in the series, not everything is resolved, and what exactly is left unanswered will be the central question. Has she sacrificed too much? We understand what she gets given around survive, and not whether or otherwise not the price was too high. Readers will wait eagerly to learn more.
Megan Whalen Turner could be the author of 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 United States of America has collapsed, weakened by drought, fire, famine, and war, to get 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, with all of 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 adopt her place. She and her male counterpart, Peeta, the son of the town baker who seems to get every among the fighting skills of an lump of bread dough, will likely be pitted against bigger, stronger representatives who've trained for 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 using the generation raised on reality shows like 'Survivor' and 'American Gladiator.' Book certainly one of a planned trilogy.Jane Henriksen Baird, Anchorage Public Library, AK
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