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The Hunger Games

The Hunger Games

by Suzanne Collins

SCHOLASTIC INC | June 18, 2010 | Trade Paperback

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Now in paperback, the book no one can stop talking about . . .

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 other districts in line by forcing them to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight-to-the-death on live TV.

One boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and sixteen are selected by lottery to play. The winner brings riches and favor tohis or her district. But that is nothing compared to what the Capitol wins: one more year of fearful compliance with its rule. Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who lives alone with her mother and younger sister, regards it as a death sentence when she is forced to represent her impoverished district 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 weigh survival against humanity and life against love.

Acclaimed writer Suzanne Collins, author of the New York Times bestselling Underland Chronicles, delivers equal parts suspense and philosophy, adventure and romance, in this stunning novel set in a future with unsettling parallels to our present.

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Appropriate for ages: 13 - 17

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    Is The Hunger Games Really That Good?
    by Meghna rtms
    7 days ago

    ‘The Hunger Games’ is an action-packed, adventurous, well-detailed book that I recommend for people at least 10. This book may be mature for younger readers but otherwise, its such an amazing book to read! Its so emotional at parts and breathtaking at others, and leaves cliffhangers at the end of every chapter, forcing you to continue reading. This book is about 16 year old, Katniss Everdeen who volunteers for taking her sister’s place in the annual Hunger Games, where 24 tributes are forced to fight to the death for the Capitol’s entertainment. This book includes action, adventure, drama, romance, sci-fi, and much more, so it has something for everyone. I would rate this book 4 out of 5 stars!

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    Absolutely great =]
    by Pyooo S
    5 weeks ago

    The hunger games, lots of people said it is very interesting book. Before I borrow this book at the library, I read reviews and those made me to read this the book more. I like the character of Katniss. She doesn't give up under any circumstances, and she never loses her mind to survive. But I feel rather uncomfortable while I was reading this. 24 teenagers have to kill each other to survive in the hunger game every year, just because of the dictatorial government by Capitol. And also this book made me to think a lot of things. Because story reflects our society such as the wealth disparity from the authority, and human cruelty. I read this just for fun at first, but I learned something from this book at the end. The hunger games is best novel! This book is interesting and, what is more, very instructive. It's not only for teenagers!

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    Oh, God, No.
    by Lynsey Broderick
    2 months ago

    I'm so sorry, but I did not like this entire series (and I did read all three books). I may get some flack after saying this, but it is just one lady's opinion; I found Katniss infuriating, I couldn't stand her character and through each book I detested her more so. Also, I felt as though the author had a page quota that she had to meet, hence the four page description on SOUP or perhaps the outfits or makeovers (that Katniss didn't care about, but that didn't mean we didn't have to hear about it in page after page of painful detail). In anycase, if you want a poorly written, fast paced plot driven series than THESE are the books for you. I, personally, like a little more depth to the characters I read about.

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    Fantastic setting
    by Meghan Thunack
    4 months ago

    I absolutely love the idea that this book set in the future but seems almost primitive in the way that they must live and that they are enslaved. Also, Katniss is a wonderful heroine. The love triangle is very interesting as she does not know what is real and what is not and tries to keep herself from getting hurt. Overall great book.

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    Action-packed novel!
    by Cate Freeborn
    6 months ago

    I am a homeschooling student and I recieved this book as a birthday present. I started reading it and immediately loved it! There is lots of action going on, and you can follow the main character, Katniss, as she journeys through physical and emotional struggles, competing to survive the Hunger Games. She plays out her relationship with Peeta, a fellow tribute well, and they claim the title of "star-crossed lovers." The suspense, romance and adventure grabbed me, and I am now now on to reading the second book, Catching Fire, and I cannot wait to post a review on that! On a scale of 1 to 10 I would give it a 10! This book is great!

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    Think you're "too old" for this? Think again!
    by Kathy Hennessy
    7 months ago

    I didn't think I'd like this book. To be honest, I didn't even want to like this book. But once I started, I couldn't put it down. Actually, I couldn't put it down until the end of the 3rd book of the triology. I strongly recommend this book to anyone who has even the slightest interest in a well written series with a great story, intelligent writing, emotional connections with characters, political and social allusions, action, sensitivity, drama, suspense, romance, etc. etc. etc. It really does have it all.

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    YA deserves better than this.
    by Viking Paul
    8 months ago

    It is not my style to hate books, but I most certainly hated this one. I often find it frustrating when a popular book (Harry Potter, Twilight, 50 Shades) gets bad press because at least people are reading, as well as thinking about and talking about what they've read. I feel very strongly about Young Adult fiction. I have witnessed the thrill of seeing a kid's reaction to, say, Holes or The Giver or Harry Potter. This book does not deserve that. I'll repeat: I absolutely hated this novel. I hate that it exists, and it had nothing to do with its popularity. If something is popular (Potter again), I think I'm fairly good at judging it for its own merits. The Hunger Games has none. It is a video game, told on pages. It is hopelessly violent, poorly-written, lacking in any of the moral diellemmas that the setting calls for. Go somewhere, kill something, get a prize. Repeat. Collins stops just short of giving Katniss a Level Up. I know I am in the minority, and when I express my disdain for The Hunger Games, I often am told that it gets better in the second book. In what world do you read the sequel to a book you hated? A low, low ebb for YA fiction.

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    Exceptional Read
    by Julia Lord
    10 months ago

    The Hunger Games was an exceptional read for the teenage generation, filled with suspense and drama that kept me enticed and wanting to read more. The novel was very authentic, and had many themes—romance, violence, suspense, to name a few—which kept the reader immersed in the universe that Susanne Collins built for the audience. I loved the speed of this novel, especially when we got to “The Games”. The author did a good job providing just enough back story before the reader entered the arena where the tribunes were to fight for their death. However, there were a few things I didn’t like about the novel. There we too many conveniences for the main character, Katniss, throughout the games. In particular she happened to find the bees nest to drop on her competition, freeing her from her death and when she needed medicine, the sponsors dropped a parcel to heal Peeta. I found those things were too convenient and when instances occurred, just in the nick of time everything was solved. Overall, this book was a great read!

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    Okay, I liked this book. I did not love it.
    by Yianna Yiannacou
    10 months ago

    I think the hype of the movie and everything else drowned out exactly how good the book was. It starts off with young Catniss Everdeen who is part of District 12 – the coal mining district. There are many districts circling around the Capitol. In order for her family to survice the hard times they are facing, Catniss has to go out of the barrier of their District and hunt in the woods. She knows she will be executed if found, but risks it anyway. She is the only one who can keep her family alive. She would do whatever it takes to protect them. She does not hunt alone though. Her friend Gale accompanies her the entire time. Many years ago a rebellion picked up and all the Districts went against the Capitol. No one was happy with the poor living conditions they had while the Capitol was flourishing. The Capitol surpassed them and since the Districts decided the uproar the Capitol punished them by enforcing the Hunger Games. Every year two names, male and female, get picked out of a big ball and those two lucky contestants get to enter the Hunger Games. Every other district has to do the same. Only, they aren’t really the lucky ones who get picked. These individuals have to compete in an unknown arena and battle it out for their lives. The one survivor is the winner and their prize is, well, basically their life. Their District also gets supplies to last them a year. I think the one main reason I didn’t really like this book was because it was predictable. I knew everything that was going to happen. There is no real surprise. I felt tears forming at the part where Catniss was singing to Rue. That was the part that brought out the most emotion from me. Other than that, nothing really stayed with me. The book was fast paced which I like, but there is just something about scenery that I love in books and to have basically the majority of a book in a forest just didn’t cut it for me. I will go watch the movie, but I already heard the book is better. So I don’t know what to expect now. We will see. Off to the next book now! I watched the movie for this book and it was everything that I expected. I literally loved every scene that they showed. It was exactly how I pictured it in the book. Even though it made me a bit dizzy with all the fighting scenes, it was definitely worth it. I would see it again and again. I can't wait for the other two to come out. This movie is a HUGE reccommendation even though you haven't read the book!

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    Absolutely great
    by jewel L.
    10 months ago

    this book is one of the best books i've read, this book as you may already know this book is in hype right now, i can see why, when i read this book i couldn't even think about putting this book down, every word i read got my adrenalyn pumping, it get me excited everytime is read the next page because im excited to see what was going to happen next, the way it was written was amazing and very detailed. after i was done reading the first book i wanted to read the second trilogy as soon as possible. This book was a really amazing book.

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    Amazing
    by Devon Allen
    11 months ago

    This was such an amazing book. It was suspenful because of the action, and strange twists. At the end i felt very uplifted because of how well it ended. At first it was very sad because of how the protagonist was living in such a discomforting setting. It is a great rags to riches like story because, of how the underdog made proud of her followers, and you feel like one of her supporters. The book was very good at describing the situation, theme, and scenery. And since this was a science fiction novel it felt like you could understand the world beyond your imagination. This was such a great novel and, I highly recommend purchasing this book to whoever is reading this.

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    Brilliant!
    by Amanda Wilkins
    11 months ago

    Words can not even describe how much I love this book. At first I was skeptical about reading a book so high in popularity, but I'm not exactly sure why. I decided to buy the first book only, just to check it out and I'm SO glad that I did. I can't wait to get my hands on the other two books. This was a very successful idea on Suzanne's part.

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    Best Book Ever
    by ktln cm
    12 months ago

    This book was my absolute favourite book I coulld not put it down I would recomend this book to everyone because I never thought I would like a book like this and I absolutely fell in love please check out my blog at KatieBookworm.blogspot.com

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    It Such A Good Book
    by Kiernan Troute
    12 months ago

    I Think This Is The Best Book I've Ever Read It Is Such A Good Book It Does Have Some Gore But It A Good Book For People 10 To 60 To Tell People The Truth I Am Only 10 Yeats Old And My Mom Didnt Even Want Me To Read It. She Said Its 2 Violent she hated it i bagged here to read it she finaly gave in and let me.I Read It In About 3 Days And She Said How Was It I Said Find Out 2 weeks later she read it and thought it was great Same Here.The Hunger Games is About The 74 annual Hunger Games. there's 12 districts 2 people from each district get pict To Fight To The Death Against 24 people in all.Its About A Girl From District 12 the poorest one of all and she hunts really good with her bow.her Sister Prim Gets Chose And she's only 12 she volunteers for her what adventures will she have in the arena.Dont Know Well I Do But You Can Find Out.So If U Dont Want Your Kids To Read This Book Suck It Up And Deal with it And Let Them.If You Dont You will regret it.111111111111111111111111111111111111

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    Addicting
    by Ivanka
    12 months ago

    Despite my dislike for science fiction books, The Hunger Games completely blew me away. The first page already grabbed my attention. Not only do you get a good imagery of the setting including the descriptions of nature, the conflict is amazingly written as well as the emotions that it can make one feel. Read it.

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    Amazing
    by Lauren
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    12 months ago

    Katniss Everdeen is a teenager living in District 12 of a land once known as North America, now known as Panem. The Capitol runs the land, surrounded by 12 districts and an area where the 13th was but was obliterated when an uprising occurred. As part of the punishment for the districts rebelling, every year a Hunger Games is held where two teens from each district are selected as tributes to compete in a gruesome game to last person standing. Each tribute is tasked with killing the others until they is only one left and it is televised for all to see. When Katniss' younger sister Prim's name is pulled to join the Games, Katniss volunteers to go in her place. Peeta, the baker's son, is picked to go with her and he has had a crush on Katniss for a very long time. The two play up the lovers angle trying to get sympathy from viewers because gifts can be given during the Games. When thrown in to the Games, the two require a lot of strength, courage, and determination to get through one of the worst experiences of their lives and make sure they come out alive. I had a lot of trouble putting this book down at night because I needed to know what was going to happen to Katniss and Peeta at the end of the book. I was continuously surprised that there wasn't more anger from all of the tributes at being thrown in to this situation by the Capitol and the parents of the tributes didn't seem to care much either. The Games have been going on for over 70 years, why wasn't there another uprising to stop their kids from being slaughtered? I really enjoyed Katniss as a character. She's just what young girls need as a literary character to look up to. I'm sure this will make a great movie.

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