The Hunger Games

The Hunger Games

Suzanne Collins

Rating: A+

Pages: 384

Age Range: 13+ (Violence and Romance)

Basically, the second I started reading The Hunger Games, I fell in love with it. It takes place in the nation of Panem with is in the ruins of North America (You can tell it's in the future). Anyways, every year 2 teens from each district of Panem are chosen to battle in The Hunger Games. So, Katniss Everdeen, who is our amazing heroine of the story, saves her beloved sister Prim from competing in the games. She is thrown into The Hunger Games with 23 other contestants and only one can win. The entire event is televised for all of Panem to see.

A lot of the book is about survival, but this book is no Hatchet. It is filled with tons of action,romance,battles, and I know that who ever reads this book won't put it down until they're done.

The two main characters are well developed. Katniss is heroic and brave from the start and Peeta (another tribute from district 12) is Shy, and smart. The other tributes weren't really told a lot about but it doesn't matter because only a couple tributes play a role in the story. Besides, it would be hard to go in depth with character development on 22 characters!

I'm pretty sure that there will be a third book and the second one is called: Catching Fire. It will be released sometime in September.

September 1, 2009!

-Ryan

P.S. PJ didn't read this book so he wasn't included in the review.