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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 good guy never is. Yet we now have Fahrenheit 451, The Giver, the House in the Scorpion—and now, following an extended tradition of Brave New Worlds, The Hunger Games. Collins hasn't tied her future with a specific date, or weighted it down with too much 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 to the Usa demands a tribute from each of their territories: two children to become used as gladiators in the televised fight towards the death.Katniss, from what was once Appalachia, offers to adopt the place of her sister inside 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 on to 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 and still likable. She gets the attributes to become 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 keep its tributaries subdued and its particular citizens complacent—may have came up with Games, but mindless television could be the real danger, the means in which society pacifies its citizens and punishes people that don't conform. Will its connection to reality TV, ubiquitous today, date the book? It might, but for now, celebrate 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 many types of our sentences can finish with all the same rise as questions. When Katniss is sent to stylists being made more telegenic before she competes, she stands naked facing 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 to never hate these creatures that are sending her to her death, she imagines them as pets. It is not exactly the contestants who risk the loss of their humanity. It is all who watch. Katniss struggles to win not just the Games though the inherent contest for audience approval. Because this can be the first book in a series, not everything is resolved, and what exactly is left unanswered will be the central question. Has she sacrificed too much? We know what she's given approximately survive, and not whether the price was too high. Readers will wait eagerly to find out more.
Megan Whalen Turner could be the author from the Newbery Honor book The Thief and its particular sequels, The Queen of Attolia and The King of Attolia. The next book within the series will be published by Greenwillow in 2010.
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Grade 7 Up -In a not-too-distant future, the Usa 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 participate in The Hunger Games. Part entertainment, part brutal intimidation from the subjugated districts, the televised games are broadcasted throughout Panem as the 24 participants are instructed to eliminate their competitors, literally, with all of 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 take her place. She and her male counterpart, Peeta, the son of the town baker who seems to have all the fighting skills of an lump of bread dough, is planning to be pitted against bigger, stronger representatives who have trained for this their whole lives. Collins's characters are completely realistic and sympathetic because they form alliances and friendships in the face of overwhelming odds; the plot is tense, dramatic, and engrossing. This book will certainly resonate while using 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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