The Hunger Games

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is a Novel that will keep you at the edge of your seat. Suzanne Collins has written other novels as well, but is mainly known for writing the hunger games. Also included in theHunger Games series is Mocking Jay, and Catching Fire. The book takes place in the future, where the world is split into districts. The districts are sort of like countries, but you’re not allowed to leave the district you are assigned to. Each district is given a responsibility they are to obtain, such as providing coal. The Capital is the president of all the districts, and every year for his own enjoyment, he hosts the Hunger Games where the leader of your district picks two people from each their own district, or “tributes” that will compete. The Capital does this to witness the weaknesses of each district. At the end of the Hunger Games there is only one survivor. I believe this book is surrounded with the theme survival. I say survival, because everyone wants to live, but they can’t with the little food supply provided in district twelve. Katniss cares about her family, and knows they cannot survive without her. Katniss strives to live when she hunts for food. When she competes in the Hunger Games she does anything she can to survive, because she knows that her family needs her, and that is her main priority.

Katniss Everdeen grew up in District twelve with her mother, father, and sister. Katniss loved to hunt with her father. Her father would teach her new hunting tricks every day. Katniss’s father passed away when she was quite young, and from that point on her mother was so in shock that she could not even take care of herself. So Katniss stepped in to care of her younger sister, Prim. The day of the reaping, the day the district leaders and people of the World find out who will be representing District Twelve in the Hunger Games, Katniss’s sister got chosen to compete. Katniss knew that her sister did not have a high chance of winning the Hunger Games, which would mean death for her sister. Katniss could not accept that so she volunteered as tribute. From that point on Katniss and Peeta, the other main character who will be competing with Katniss, prepare for the Hunger Games, and whether they do or do not win, prepare to fight strong.

I would defiantly recommend this book to others, it is a great read! It will leave you on the edge of your seat with the dramatic events that occur making you want to read more. Such as when Prim gets chosen to compete, and Katniss volunteers. Prim is so young, and does not know a thing about hunting! She would be gone within the first hour of the Hunger Games! I would recommend this book to anyone who wants a good thrill or dram to read, because I am sure this book will satisfy. 

Book Review by Emina B.