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Starred Review. Reviewed by Megan Whalen Turner
If there really are merely seven original plots within the world, it's odd that boy meets girl is usually mentioned, and society goes bad and attacks the good guy never is. Yet we've got Fahrenheit 451, The Giver, the House of 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 an excessive amount of finger wagging. Rather less 1984 and rather more Death Race 2000, hers is often a gripping story set inside a postapocalyptic world where a replacement for the Usa demands a tribute from each of their territories: two children to be used as gladiators in the televised fight to the death.Katniss, from the thing that was once Appalachia, offers to adopt the place of her sister inside 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 onto 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 got the attributes to become a winner, where Peeta has got the grace to be 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 help keep its tributaries subdued and its particular citizens complacent—may have created the Games, but mindless television may be the real danger, the means in which society pacifies its citizens and punishes people that fail to conform. Will its connection to reality TV, ubiquitous today, date the book? It might, but for now, it can make this the best 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 our sentences can finish using the same rise as questions. When Katniss is distributed to stylists to be made more telegenic before she competes, she stands naked in front of 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 never to hate these creatures that are sending her to her death, she imagines them as pets. It is not the contestants who risk the loss with their humanity. It is all who watch. Katniss struggles to win not just the Games however the inherent contest for audience approval. Because this is the first book inside a series, not everything is resolved, and what's left unanswered will be the central question. Has she sacrificed too much? We know what she has given up to survive, although not whether the price was too high. Readers will wait eagerly to master more.
Megan Whalen Turner will be the author of the Newbery Honor book The Thief and it is sequels, The Queen of Attolia and The King of Attolia. The subsequent 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 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 take part in The Hunger Games. Part entertainment, part brutal intimidation in the subjugated districts, the televised games are broadcasted throughout Panem because the 24 participants are forced 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 possess all the fighting skills of your lump of bread dough, will likely be pitted against bigger, stronger representatives that have trained with this their whole lives. Collins's characters are completely realistic and sympathetic as they form alliances and friendships in the 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 one of a planned trilogy.Jane Henriksen Baird, Anchorage Public Library, AK
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