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Starred Review. Reviewed by Megan Whalen Turner
If there really are just seven original plots in the world, it's odd that boy meets girl is usually mentioned, and society goes bad and attacks the great guy never is. Yet we have Fahrenheit 451, The Giver, the House with 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 a lot of finger wagging. Rather less 1984 and rather more Death Race 2000, hers is often a gripping story set in a very postapocalyptic world in which a replacement to the United States demands a tribute from each of the company's territories: two children being used as gladiators in a televised fight on the death.Katniss, from the proven fact that was once Appalachia, offers to adopt the host to her sister in the Hunger Games, but after this ultimate sacrifice, she is entirely dedicated to survival at any cost. It is her teammate, Peeta, who recognizes the value of holding 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 whilst still being likable. She has got the attributes being a winner, where Peeta has got the grace to be a great loser.It's no accident why 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 created the Games, but mindless television will be the real danger, the means by which society pacifies its citizens and punishes people who neglect to conform. Will its connection to reality TV, ubiquitous today, date the book? It might, but for now, it makes this the correct book on 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 all our sentences will end while using same rise as questions. When Katniss is shipped 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 no longer self-conscious than if a trio of oddly colored birds were pecking around my feet, she thinks. In order not to hate these creatures that are sending her to her death, she imagines them as pets. It is not only the contestants who risk the loss of the humanity. It is who watch. Katniss struggles to win not only the Games however the inherent contest for audience approval. Because that is the first book in a series, not it is all totally resolved, and what exactly is left unanswered is the central question. Has she sacrificed too much? We know adequately what she has given up to survive, but not perhaps the price was too high. Readers will wait eagerly to understand more.
Megan Whalen Turner may 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 in the series will probably 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 engage 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, wonderful citizens needed to watch. When 16-year-old Katniss's young sister, Prim, is selected as the mining district's female representative, Katniss volunteers to take her place. She and her male counterpart, Peeta, the son in the town baker who seems to get every one of the fighting skills of your lump of bread dough, is likely to be pitted against bigger, stronger representatives who have trained with this their whole lives. Collins's characters are completely realistic and sympathetic since they form alliances and friendships inside face of overwhelming odds; the plot is tense, dramatic, and engrossing. This book will certainly resonate with 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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