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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 great guy never is. Yet we've Fahrenheit 451, The Giver, Your Home with the Scorpion—and now, following a lengthy tradition of Brave New Worlds, The Hunger Games. Collins hasn't tied her future with a specific date, or weighted it down with a lot of finger wagging. Rather less 1984 and rather more Death Race 2000, hers is really a gripping story set in the postapocalyptic world where a replacement for that United States demands a tribute from each of the territories: two children to be used as gladiators in the televised fight for the death.Katniss, from the thing that was once Appalachia, offers to take the host to her sister inside Hunger Games, but after this ultimate sacrifice, she actually is entirely dedicated to survival at any cost. It is her teammate, Peeta, who recognizes the importance 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 yet still likable. She has the attributes to be a winner, where Peeta gets the grace to be a fantastic 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. Hawaii of Panem—which needs to keep its tributaries subdued and it is citizens complacent—may have come up with Games, but mindless television will be the real danger, the means through which society pacifies its citizens and punishes those that don't 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 obsessed with grooming, we'll talk funny, and our sentences will end while using 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 we are no more self-conscious than if a trio of oddly colored birds were pecking around my feet, she thinks. In order to not 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 nevertheless the inherent contest for audience approval. Because this really is the first book inside a series, not things are resolved, and what is left unanswered may be the central question. Has she sacrificed too much? We understand what she's given as much as survive, and not whether the price was too high. Readers will wait eagerly to find out more.
Megan Whalen Turner will be the author with the Newbery Honor book The Thief and it is 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 become replaced by Panem, a country divided in to 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 of the subjugated districts, the televised games are broadcasted throughout Panem as the 24 participants are made to eliminate their competitors, literally, with all citizens needed 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 in the town baker who seems to have all the fighting skills of a lump of bread dough, will be pitted against bigger, stronger representatives who have trained just for this their whole lives. Collins's characters are completely realistic and sympathetic since 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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