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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 definitely mentioned, and society goes bad and attacks the nice guy never is. Yet we've got Fahrenheit 451, The Giver, The Home from the Scorpion—and now, following a good 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 is a gripping story set in a very postapocalyptic world where a replacement to the United states of america demands a tribute from each of the company's territories: two children to become used as gladiators in a televised fight towards the death.Katniss, from that which was once Appalachia, offers to look at the place of her sister inside Hunger Games, but after this ultimate sacrifice, she actually is entirely centered on survival at any cost. It is her teammate, Peeta, who recognizes the importance of holding on 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 get a winner, where Peeta has got the grace being 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. Hawaii of Panem—which needs to maintain its tributaries subdued and its citizens complacent—may have come up with Games, but mindless television could be the real danger, the means by which society pacifies its citizens and punishes people that neglect to conform. Will its connection to reality TV, ubiquitous today, date the book? It might, but for now, it can make this the right 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 all our sentences can finish using the same rise as questions. When Katniss is sent to stylists to get made more telegenic before she competes, she stands naked in front of 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 never to hate these creatures that are sending her to her death, she imagines them as pets. It isn't the contestants who risk the loss of the humanity. It is perhaps 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 the series, not everything is resolved, and what's left unanswered may be the central question. Has she sacrificed too much? We know what she has given as much as survive, however, not if 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 it is 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 of America has collapsed, weakened by drought, fire, famine, and war, to become 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 with the subjugated districts, the televised games are broadcasted throughout Panem since the 24 participants are made to eliminate their competitors, literally, effortlessly 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 look at her place. She and her male counterpart, Peeta, the son of the town baker who seems to possess all of the fighting skills of a lump of bread dough, will be pitted against bigger, stronger representatives that have trained for this their whole lives. Collins's characters are completely realistic and sympathetic because they form alliances and friendships inside face of overwhelming odds; the plot is tense, dramatic, and engrossing. This book will definitely resonate with all the generation raised on reality shows like 'Survivor' and 'American Gladiator.' Book among a planned trilogy.Jane Henriksen Baird, Anchorage Public Library, AK
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