The Hunger Games

Title: The Hunger Games
Genre: Sci-Fi /Adventure
Rating:*****
Author: Suzanne Collins



SUMMARY

This story takes place in North America in a future where the Nation of Panem is divided into 12 districts. The government, called the Capitol, controls its citizens through harsh and cruel means. Once a year one boy and one girl from each district must compete in the Hunger Games. They are required to fight to the death and only one person can win.
Our protagonist in this book is named Katniss Everdeen. The story begins when her little sister is chosen to compete in the Hunger Games and Katniss decides to take her little sisters place.
Katniss must use her street smarts and survival skills to keep herself alive but can she bring herself to kill the boy from her district, Peeta Mellmark? A boy she has never spoken to, but to whom she feels she owes her life?


REVIEW

We really enjoyed this book it was amazing! I had to steal it from Kelsey and then bug her till she read it but that's okay, because she finally did and we both love it. :)It had a lot of action, and intense parts in the book. The whole time I was reading it I was thinking, "Holy Crap I wish I was as cool and kick butt as Katniss." I would never be able to do what she does in this book (I REALLY hate outdoors, its because of the bugs.) And we especially love Peeta!!!!! He is our fav and we totally love him <3
- Elyse

So, I'm a shopaholic. I buy a lot of books and read them but Elyse is always much faster at finishing books than I am. One day I was on Stephenie Meyer's website and she mentioned that The Hunger Games was a really great book. I went out and bought it but kept reading other books. I am Elyse's Library so she borrowed the book and told me I had to read it. I still didn't read it until she kept bugging me to find out when the next book in the series was coming out. She kept bugging me and finally I thought, "Wow, this must be really good, I should read it". I did and I loved it! (Thanks for bugging me, Elyse.)
The Hunger Games is a smart, deep, and adventurous book. It is so surprising and touching and suspenseful that you cannot stop reading it. This is one of our favorite books and I will often go back and read my favorite passages over and over again. The sequel to The Hunger Games is called Catching Fire and the final book in the series, Mocking Jay, comes out August 24, 2010. I already pre-ordered my copy :) We highly recommend this book and promise you will love it!!!
(P.S. In case you don't speak text like me, the symbol at the end of Elyse's review is not, as I thought, a "less than alligator" and the number 3. It is, in fact, supposed to be a heart. I think I'm getting old.)
- Kelsey