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Starred Review. Reviewed by Megan Whalen Turner
If there really are only seven original plots in 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 Fahrenheit 451, The Giver, Your Home from the Scorpion—and now, following a lengthy tradition of Brave New Worlds, The Hunger Games. Collins hasn't tied her future to your 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 in the postapocalyptic world in which a replacement for the United States demands a tribute from each of their territories: two children being used as gladiators in the televised fight on the death.Katniss, from that which was once Appalachia, offers to look at the host to her sister inside Hunger Games, but after this ultimate sacrifice, she's entirely centered on survival at any cost. It is her teammate, Peeta, who recognizes the significance 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 and still likable. She has the attributes to become a winner, where Peeta gets the grace to become 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 help keep 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 that neglect to conform. Will its connection to reality TV, ubiquitous today, date the book? It might, but for now, it can make this the right book in the right time. What happens if we choose entertainment over humanity? In Collins's world, we'll be obsessive 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 get made more telegenic before she competes, she stands naked before 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 not to hate these creatures who are sending her to her death, she imagines them as pets. It is not the contestants who risk the loss of the humanity. It is who watch. Katniss struggles to win not just the Games nevertheless the inherent contest for audience approval. Because this can be the first book in a series, not everything is resolved, and what's left unanswered is the central question. Has she sacrificed too much? We determine what she gets given up to survive, but not whether the price was too high. Readers will wait eagerly to learn more.
Megan Whalen Turner may be the author from the Newbery Honor book The Thief and its sequels, The Queen of Attolia and The King of Attolia. The following 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 United states of america of America has collapsed, weakened by drought, fire, famine, and war, being 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 of the subjugated districts, the televised games are broadcasted throughout Panem since the 24 participants are expected to eliminate their competitors, literally, with all citizens necessary 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 get all of the fighting skills of the lump of bread dough, is going to be pitted against bigger, stronger representatives who've trained 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 certainly resonate with all the generation raised on reality shows like 'Survivor' and 'American Gladiator.' Book considered one of a planned trilogy.Jane Henriksen Baird, Anchorage Public Library, AK
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