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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 always mentioned, and society goes bad and attacks the nice guy never is. Yet we have Fahrenheit 451, The Giver, the House from 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 can be a gripping story set in the postapocalyptic world when a replacement for the United states of america 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 host to her sister within the 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 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 new Theseus, is cold, calculating but still likable. She gets the attributes to get a winner, where Peeta gets the grace to become an excellent 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 keep its tributaries subdued and its citizens complacent—may have came up with Games, but mindless television may be the real danger, the means by 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 makes this the right book at the right time. What happens as we choose entertainment over humanity? In Collins's world, we'll be obsessed with grooming, we'll talk funny, and many types of our sentences can easily using the same rise as questions. When Katniss is distributed to stylists to be made more telegenic before she competes, she stands naked facing them, strangely unembarrassed. They're so unlike people that we're forget about 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 is not the contestants who risk the loss of their humanity. It is all who watch. Katniss struggles to win not merely the Games though the inherent contest for audience approval. Because this really is the first book in a very series, not things are resolved, and what is left unanswered may be the central question. Has she sacrificed too much? We determine what she gets given as much as survive, but not if the price was too high. Readers will wait eagerly to learn 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 following 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 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 because the 24 participants are made to eliminate their competitors, literally, wonderful citizens required to watch. When 16-year-old Katniss's young sister, Prim, is selected because the mining district's female representative, Katniss volunteers to adopt her place. She and her male counterpart, Peeta, the son with the town baker who seems to get all of the fighting skills of an lump of bread dough, will likely be pitted against bigger, stronger representatives that have trained just for this their whole lives. Collins's characters are completely realistic and sympathetic as 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 certainly one of a planned trilogy.Jane Henriksen Baird, Anchorage Public Library, AK
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