The Hunger Games
Collins, Suzanne
ISBN-13 9780439023498
ISBN-10 0439023491
Publisher: Scholastic Incorporated, 2009
Genre: Dystopia/Social Issues
Reading Level: 820 Lexile
Interest Age: 12- adult
Reader's Annotation:
Katniss thinks she is safe from ever entering the arena again, but the Capital makes a twist and no one is safe. What happens when Peeta and Katniss go in again.
Plot Summary:
Katniss has won the Hunger Games once. She did it with Peeta by her side and instead of one winner there were two because of a double suicide threat she and Peeta made. The Capital is now mad at the two of them, but putting on a show to not disturb the other districts. Instead of making an issue in front of the public, president Snow has decided to make all the former tributes go in the games again. Going in a second time, Peeta and Katniss do not expect to make it out alive together. Both of them are determined to save the other.
In the arena, there are completely different twists and the tributes decide to play the game differently. Some are too old and feeble to fight, others are mentally unstable because of the trauma from the first time in the arena. Will the tributes be able to beat the Capital or will the Capital overtake all and remain in control?
Critical Evaluation:
This book is the first in a trilogy and has taken the world by storm. There are many people who have read these books in all age groups and it has been turned into a movie. The way Collins writes makes the reader fall in love with Katniss from the beginning. This subject matter has created a lot of conversation and the thought of children killing children is sometimes hard for people to move past. If the reader puts this aside and just decides to read the book for what it is, they will become sucked into the story. Collins has written this book in a way that children dying is not as offensive as it could be. The setting being a land we know but in a completely different way is thought provoking. The reader is forced to see this society in their home town and yet it seems so far removed from the world of today.
The second book is more intense then the first because all of these people have been in the arena once before and Katniss is realizing the power of the Capital on everyone. She is disillusioned with the president and is beginning to plan a way to get out of the districts for good.
About the Author:
Suzanne Collins lives in Connecticut with her family and a couple cats. She is currently working on a children's picture book with another author named James Proimos. Before the Hunger Games series, Collins write a five book series about wars underground in the man holes of big cities. She has only written the two series of books.
Where Collins has spent most of her time is writing for television shows. She has worked for Nickelodeon since 1991 writing scripts for shows. One of the most famous ones is Clarisa Explains it All. She has also done some writing for small children's shows such as Little Bear and Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! She began to write books when her co-worker James stated she should give it a try.
http://www.suzannecollinsbooks.com/bio.htm
Curriculum Ties:
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Katniss has won the Hunger Games once. She did it with Peeta by her side and instead of one winner there were two because of a double suicide threat she and Peeta made. The Capital is now mad at the two of them, but putting on a show to not disturb the other districts. Instead of making an issue in front of the public, president Snow has decided to make all the former tributes go in the games again. Going in a second time, Peeta and Katniss do not expect to make it out alive together. Both of them are determined to save the other.
In the arena, there are completely different twists and the tributes decide to play the game differently. Some are too old and feeble to fight, others are mentally unstable because of the trauma from the first time in the arena. Will the tributes be able to beat the Capital or will the Capital overtake all and remain in control?
Critical Evaluation:
This book is the first in a trilogy and has taken the world by storm. There are many people who have read these books in all age groups and it has been turned into a movie. The way Collins writes makes the reader fall in love with Katniss from the beginning. This subject matter has created a lot of conversation and the thought of children killing children is sometimes hard for people to move past. If the reader puts this aside and just decides to read the book for what it is, they will become sucked into the story. Collins has written this book in a way that children dying is not as offensive as it could be. The setting being a land we know but in a completely different way is thought provoking. The reader is forced to see this society in their home town and yet it seems so far removed from the world of today.
The second book is more intense then the first because all of these people have been in the arena once before and Katniss is realizing the power of the Capital on everyone. She is disillusioned with the president and is beginning to plan a way to get out of the districts for good.
About the Author:
Suzanne Collins lives in Connecticut with her family and a couple cats. She is currently working on a children's picture book with another author named James Proimos. Before the Hunger Games series, Collins write a five book series about wars underground in the man holes of big cities. She has only written the two series of books.
Where Collins has spent most of her time is writing for television shows. She has worked for Nickelodeon since 1991 writing scripts for shows. One of the most famous ones is Clarisa Explains it All. She has also done some writing for small children's shows such as Little Bear and Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! She began to write books when her co-worker James stated she should give it a try.
http://www.suzannecollinsbooks.com/bio.htm
Curriculum Ties:
N/A
Book Talking:
Write the first chapter to book 3.
Challenging Issues:
This book has been challenged many times in many places. If it was challenged, I would go through the selection process with the challenger as well as explain the rationale for the book. There are many good qualities in this book that could be reason to have it in a collection.
Why Read this Book:
This book is one that if you start, you will want to finish it. It has become a phenomenon in our culture and deserves to be part of any library collection where teens are attending. Many teens relate to the concept of fighting for their spot in life. This is reflected in the Hunger Games trilogy.
Write the first chapter to book 3.
Challenging Issues:
This book has been challenged many times in many places. If it was challenged, I would go through the selection process with the challenger as well as explain the rationale for the book. There are many good qualities in this book that could be reason to have it in a collection.
Why Read this Book:
This book is one that if you start, you will want to finish it. It has become a phenomenon in our culture and deserves to be part of any library collection where teens are attending. Many teens relate to the concept of fighting for their spot in life. This is reflected in the Hunger Games trilogy.
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