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Starred Review. Reviewed by Megan Whalen Turner
If there really are merely seven original plots in the world, it's odd that boy meets girl is definitely mentioned, and society goes bad and attacks the good guy never is. Yet we've got Fahrenheit 451, The Giver, Your House in 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 excessive finger wagging. Rather less 1984 and rather more Death Race 2000, hers is often a gripping story set inside a postapocalyptic world when a replacement for that United States demands a tribute from each of its territories: two children to be used as gladiators inside a televised fight to the death.Katniss, from the thing that was once Appalachia, offers to adopt the place of her sister within the 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 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 brand new Theseus, is cold, calculating and still likable. She has got the attributes to be a winner, where Peeta gets the grace to be a great loser.It's no accident that 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 it is citizens complacent—may have come up with Games, but mindless television may be the real danger, the means in which society pacifies its citizens and punishes those 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 correct 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 all our sentences will end with the same rise as questions. When Katniss is sent to stylists to become made more telegenic before she competes, she stands naked before them, strangely unembarrassed. They're so unlike people that we're you can forget 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 just the contestants who risk the loss of their humanity. It is who watch. Katniss struggles to win not only the Games but the inherent contest for audience approval. Because that is the first book in a very series, not everything is resolved, and what's left unanswered may be the central question. Has she sacrificed too much? We know well what she's given approximately survive, but not whether the price was too high. Readers will wait eagerly to find out more.
Megan Whalen Turner may be the author in the Newbery Honor book The Thief and its particular sequels, The Queen of Attolia and The King of Attolia. The following book within the series will likely 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 into the Capitol and 12 districts. Each year, two young representatives from each district are selected by lottery to participate 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 made to eliminate their competitors, literally, wonderful citizens necessary to watch. When 16-year-old Katniss's young sister, Prim, is selected since the mining district's female representative, Katniss volunteers to look at her place. She and her male counterpart, Peeta, the son in the town baker who seems to possess every one of the fighting skills of the lump of bread dough, will be pitted against bigger, stronger representatives who've trained because of 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 surely resonate with 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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