Novel; The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
now I'm only thinking about one thing.... want to read the next series!!! This one is so Grool!! (Great and cool)
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Could you survive on your own, in the wild, with everyone out to make sure you don't live to see the morning? In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV. Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who lives alone with her mother and younger sister, regards it as a death sentence when she steps forward to take her sister’s place in the Games. But Katniss has been close to dead before—and survival, for her, is second nature. Without really meaning to, she becomes a contender. But if she is to win, she will have to start making choices that will weigh survival against humanity and life against love. -goodreads-
Just For Your Information
Hardcover, 374 pages
Published
October 31st 2008
by Scholastic Press
(first published 2008)
ISBN : 0439023483
(ISBN13: 9780439023481)
edition language : English
original title : The Hunger Games
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literary awards
Georgia Peach Book Award (2009),Buxtehuder Bulle (2009),
A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year (2008),
Cybils Award for Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction (2008),
Amelia Bloomer List (2009)
An ALA Notable Children's Book for Older Readers (2009),
West Australian Young Readers' Book Award (WAYRBA) for Older Readers (2010),
Rebecca Caudill Young Reader's Book Award Nominee (2011),
Red House Children's Book Award for Older Readers & Overall (2010),
New York Times Notable Children's Book (2008),
Publishers Weekly's Best Books of The Year, South Carolina Book Award for Junior and Young Adult Book Awards (2011),
Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award (2010),
Teen Buckeye Book Award (2009),
Rhode Island Teen Book Award (2010),
Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award (2010),
ALA Teens' Top Ten (2009),
Milwaukee County Teen Book Award Nominee (2010),
Sakura Medal for Middle School Book (2010),
Michigan Library Association Thumbs Up! Award (2009),
Florida Teens Read (2009),
Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis (2010),
Iowa High School Book Award (2011),
Horn Book Fanfare (2008),
ALA's Top Ten Best Books for Young Adults (2009),
Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award (2010),
The Inky Awards for Silver Inky (2009),
Abraham Lincoln Award (2011)
Fave Review
-Winna Efendi via goodreads-
Okay, I read this book expecting it to be good, and knowing it would be.
It's a whole load of fun. I started with giddy excitement, couldn't put it down (literally), and spent 3 days in a row just to finish it. Overall, I like all the characters, though some do need a little improvement (Effie? Prim? The mother? Cato? And maybe a little on Peeta, because sometimes he appears weak, sometimes I can't get into his head, and I don't really know if he's genuine or not, though later it proves he is).
Katniss is someone I can relate to. She's like a real version of the darkest side of me - surly, moody, sullen, full of angst.. but she's tough and acts with her head instead of her feelings, and mostly a spur of emotions catch her off balance and confused.
The back story is immaculately done. The adventures sometimes a bit rough but okay for PG-13. Would love to see a movie out of it
-Cara via goodreads-
I want to scream to the top of my lungs and say that: THIS BOOK IS BEYOND AWESOME!!!!!
Okay so maybe not that much excitement is needed, but boy this book
deserves a review I probably won't be able to give. There are plenty of
good reviews of this book already, but I can't resist the urge to put my
own two cents in too.You can already get the premise of the story from the other reviews so I won't bother with that. Can I just say that the author did an exqusite job of finding the right voice for Katniss? I already like her and I struggle with her while she is playing the Hunger Games. Katniss does a lot of things that will cause some people's eyebrows to shoot up, but you have to remember she has to survive. Even though she does some things that seem not totally right you know her heart is more or less in the right place. She is 16 (an aged used a lot in young adult novels I'm noticing)and still figuring out her stand on the important things.
The whole thing is kind of distrubing, but you can see the appeal it would have on audiences. I mean I got sucked into it so it isn't really that far fetched that people could actually become well... so morbid.
It's really hard for me to really get into what I want to discuss without giving away spoilers. I can say this though, the book had almost everything in it. Thrills, chills, suspense, humor (only a little but it's there), romance (kind of questionable I guess), struggle with identity, life and death situation (obviously), compassion and so much more that I'm sure I am missing.
The world Collins created is extremely believable, and the dilemmas that are presented are engaging and sometimes just painful to watch, but she pulls this off with ease. People just have to read the book themselves to comprehend what I'm trying to say. Needless to say I am agonizing over the wait for the next installment Catching Fire.
Later added: For those of you who didn't know there is a movie coming out! Oh gosh the excitement is too much, here is the link to the trailer. And they have come out with this song for the movie. ======
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