Summary: Set in a dystopian society of Panem, Katniss Everdeen is basically raising her family. Her younger sister Primrose and her depressed mother could not survive without the black market meat she hunts for everyday with her best friend Gale Hawthorne. The book opens on the reaping day--a day when the male and female "tribute" is randomly chosen from each district to be sent to the Hunger Games in the Capitol. In the Hunger Games, the 12 female and 12 male tributes ages 12-18 must fight it out to the death until one tribute is left standing. So when young Primrose is chosen as the female tribute for district 12, Katniss volunteers to save her sister basically from her death sentence. As Katniss embarks on the journey to the Hunger Games with Peeta Mellark, the male tribute from her district, Katniss tries her hardest to strategize to win the games for her sister. While meeting intense fighters, such as Cato and Clove, and little girls who remind Katniss of home, like little delicate Rue, Katniss fights hard to survive with the loving aid of the charming Peeta. Through love and support Katniss fights through the cruelty of the Hunger Games, bringing her own fire to Panem.
Review: Suzanne Collins is a genious for compacting such a detailed plot into some 350 pages, while all the while creating my favorite character: Peeta Mellark. You could say that I am definitely obsessed with the Hunger Games, and especially the charming Peeta. Definitely a touching and action-packed story--I warn you, you will not be able to stop reading!
Recommendation: I would recommend this book for girls ages 12-any age! As the topic is rather disturbing, the story is filled with passion and dedication that leads to a rebellion of epic proportions.
(I would do the review for #2 and #3, Catching Fire and Mockingjay, but if I did a review the spoilers would be too great. But, if you read the Hunger Games it will be inevitable that you will continue on)
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