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Binding: HardcoverEAN: 9780439023481 ISBN: 0439023483 Label: Scholastic Press Manufacturer: Scholastic Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 384 Publication Date: September 14, 2008 Publisher: Scholastic Press Reading Level: Young Adult Studio: Scholastic Press Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: Katniss is a 16-year-old girl living with her mother and younger sister in the poorest district of Panem, the remains of what used be the United States. Long ago the districts waged war on the Capitol and were defeated. As part of the surrender terms, each district agreed to send one boy and one girl to appear in an annual televised event called, "The Hunger Games." The terrain, rules, and level of audience participation may change but one thing is constant: kill or be killed. When Kat's sister is chosen by lottery, Kat steps up to go in her place. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - AmazingExcellent is how I would describe this book. One of the best I have read in a while. It has somthing for everyone gore, action, romance, Sci-fi. The plot was great kept me from putting the book down. Cannot wait untill the next in the series. Rating: - Dark and entertainingI read this book in one night! I was unable to put it down, and as soon as I did, my 12 year old daughter picked it up and read it. The story line, characters and imagination in the setting is all amazing. I can't wait for the next book to hit the shelf! Rating:  - Reminiscent of others but original none the less...I definitely felt this was going to be an unoriginal idea... at first... but then I read on. The book is very well written and the characters are worthy of the time we invest in them as the reader. But I couldn't help but think that this book seemed to fall into an overly re-used idea... something fun like a game (of challenge / chance / etc) is misdirected to us as innocence lost. This idea of the Twilight Zone twist that people now come to over-expect was once a great treasure in Science Fiction ... Read More Rating: - There are only x themes for a book to be aboutWell, all in all I really liked this book. It's a very familiar theme, post-apocalyptic, future world with some really old school notions about entertainment. So it takes place in the future and much like logans run or the running man, there are these events that rather brutal, to the point it's kind of uncomfortable to imagine. (The only rule of the game is you can't eat the other contestants ;-( ) Many such themed books involve people watching this brutality as spectators, like the Romans ... Read More Rating: - Drew Me InI have never read any books by Suzanne Collins. From the first chapter she seemlessly drew me into Katniss's world. I was transported into a future that seemed real on every level. Katniss is a female lead, believable and strong, which I enjoyed very much. The world in which she and the other individuals reside is full of hardships and the smallest joys. Approached from the aspect of young adults and children I wanted to know how it turned out for each of them and had to resist the urge to skip ... Read More 
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