Thursday, January 2, 2014

The Hunger Games

Suzanne collins is a novelist. She has wrote books such as The Hunger Games trilogy and The Underland Chronicles. Which both have been named best-selling by the New York Times. She is also a television writer.

The hunger games is a story about a girl named Katniss Everdeen. The story is told from her point of view. In the first few chapters you meet her friends and a get a  little of a backstory for her family.  You find out about a telivised event called the hunger games. The event is a competion between the 12 districts using one boy and girl from each district from the ages 12-18, making 24 children who are fighting to the death. The rules? One winner and one winner only.

When Katniss’s little sister is chosen to be one of the tributes, Katniss volunteers to take her place knowing if she didn’t Prim would die in there. Katniss had a chance to survive though, with her hunting skills. Peeta Mellark is chosen as the boy tribute. The bad thing about this is he’s secretly in love with Katniss. When the tributes get taken to the capitol the (only) rich district. You meet the 12th district’s sponsor (Katniss’s district) and you get closer to Effie trinket the escort for the hunger games.

To prep for the hunger games you are allowed a practice room where you will show the gamemakers your strengths. The ones you want to show that is. As the story progresses you see that katnss misunderstands Peeta’s love confession he has in the interview think it’s a ploy to get gifts during the games and more votes.  The end of the games is a ending no one ever thought would happen. I would tell you it but, why ruin a good book.

Thus story is amzing. Filled with feeling and suspense. Even with katniss’s negative personality,  the story progresses perfectly. It is a wondeful piece of literature and was made a movie for very good reason.


Book Review by Ivy W.

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