What an amazing series! Amazing doesn't even cover it. Suzanne Collins is brilliant.
The Hunger Games is a young adult series, but everyone is devouring it! Working in a bookstore, I would know. As well as friends across the country who've already read it.
Katniss, a 16 year old girl, has struggled to keep her family fed after her father's death when she was 9. She lives in a future that has destroyed most of America, which is now just 12 districts and the capitol. The nation (aside from the capitol) is poorly fed, and poorly treated in general. They are not allowed to leave their districts, and certainly allowed no contact with other districts. Once, the districts tried to rebel against the capitol, but were defeated. As a reminder of their defeat, the capitol hosts "the hunger games" every year. Two children from each district between the ages of 12 and 18, one boy and one girl, are chosen out of a raffle to go to an arena and fight to the death. The last one standing wins. And of course, all 12 districts are forced to watch as their children are murdered by each other. As Katniss is in the arena trying to survive, without meaning to, she shows signs of rebellion against the capitol... inspiring and encouraging the districts to do the same.
I want to tell you so much more, but you just need to read it. There's a love story thrown in too... but I can't really tell you about that without revealing too much. So please please read it! And let me know what you think when you do!
I seriously need to join a book club or something...
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