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published
October 1st 2008
by Scholastic Press
binding
Hardcover, 374 pages
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literary awards
Cybils Award for YA Fantasy and Science Fiction 2008, 2009 ALA Best Books for Young Adults Top 10
isbn
0439023483
(isbn13: 9780439023481)
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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 State...more
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Read in June, 2008
recommended to Elizabeth by:
Monica Edinger
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Read in July, 2008
Fantastically Written? Ooooh yeah! Compelling? Yup! Super Quick Read? Most definitely! Original? Um...well *shuffles feet, since I seem to be a rare non-five star-er* not original at all really....
Man, I wish someone on my friends list here has also read Battle Royale and this book! The Hunger Games WAS pretty fantastic, hence the four stars (though I would have given 3 1/2 if the choice was available.) I ate it up, shouting into other rooms and offices that I was going to be shovin...more
Man, I wish someone on my friends list here has also read Battle Royale and this book! The Hunger Games WAS pretty fantastic, hence the four stars (though I would have given 3 1/2 if the choice was available.) I ate it up, shouting into other rooms and offices that I was going to be shovin...more
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Read in May, 2008
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2008 buzzrecommends it for: anyone (age 12+) who likes dystopic SF, and can handle some violence
I LOVE THIS BOOK! I've said to a few people that if I wasn't married, I'd have to marry this book. :) I read the 400 page ARC in a less-than-24-hour time period (so quickly that it was never even on my "currently reading" shelf), which I've only done before with HP books, and I've just officially put the first book on my 2008 favorites shelf. I feel pretty safe in saying that if this isn't still my favorite book of the year when next January rolls around, that I'll eat a hat. I lo...more
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Read in January, 2009
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Read in September, 2008
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I read several starred reviews on the book in Book Review publicrecommends it for: 7th grade through adult
I am a young adult media specialist. I read a lot of young adult literature. I read all summer long, looking for the next IT book. I didn't find one. Though I enjoyed "The Glass Castle," "The Host," and others there was nothing that I thought could match the "Twilight" fever. Suddenly this fall, I have read two books that I think are absolutely outstanding. One of them is "The Hunger Games." I was finishing the book in the waiting room at the doctor's offi...more
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How the world ends: The usual--droughts, storms, fires, rising sea levels. When the dust cleared--over what used to be the U.S., at least--we were left with the nation of Panem, with its Capitol surrounded by 12 (once 13) districts that are entirely subservient to it and produce the goods to sustain it. The districts did try to rebel once, and lost, and as a result every district is required to select a girl and a boy to participate in the Capitol's yearly Hunger Games, a fight-to-the-death (lit...more
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Read in October, 2008
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Read in October, 2008
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Lenorerecommends it for: EVERYONE
One of the biggest reasons I loved this book isn’t because every chapter literally ended with a sentence that made you want to keep reading or because of the romance (which is usually what wins me over, I must say). Rather, it’s how deep of a level it reaches. I just finished it, so naturally there hasn’t been enough time for reflection, but in these few moments, my stream of thought is going spastic. The book jacket wasn’t lying—there’s mystery, adventure, romance, suspense, all of ...more
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Kathleen McDade
There's no question that this is an awesome book; it is absolutely a page-turner, absorbing without being overwhelming. I can't support it for Newbery, though, largely because of the ending (and it's a testament to the book's awesomeness that even though I'd been WARNED that the ending was abrupt and it was the first in a planned series, I totally forgot and was as surprised by the end as anyone else)--I don't think the development of your plot can be distinguished if it comes to no kind of end...more
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Read in March, 2009
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Jessrecommends it for: fans of John Marsden's Tomorrow series; Battle Royale
Sometime in the future, the Earth has met the fate we are only now prophesying: the ocean has risen, the coastal cities have disappeared, all manner of environmental disasters have occurred. In North America, the survivors created Panem, a Capitol city in the Rockies with 13 outlying Districts, each focusing on producing a different product for the Capitol: gems, coal, agriculture, fishing etc.
In Katniss' district, District 12, they mine coal. It's one of the poorest districts, a di...more
In Katniss' district, District 12, they mine coal. It's one of the poorest districts, a di...more
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Read in August, 2008
The Hunger Games is disturbing, romantic, and entrancing all at the same time. I could not stop reading. The characters are beautifully developed and the setting is eerie (too real and too plausible). At first I thought it the dystopian society would be hard to believe, but Collins really sells it. I was with her from beginning to end.
By the way, I cried at two scenes and nearly had a heart attach at a couple others. I read tons of books and for me that experience is very rare. Prep...more
By the way, I cried at two scenes and nearly had a heart attach at a couple others. I read tons of books and for me that experience is very rare. Prep...more
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Read in January, 2009
Katniss lives in a dystopian world where teens between the ages of 12-18 are all possible candidates for what are called the Hunger Games, a contest to the death.
When her younger sister's name is chosen, Katniss takes her place. With her hunting and tracking skills, and her fiery temper, she captures the imagination of the viewing public. But can she bear to kill her competitors, and her partner from her own region in order to win?
Gripping futuristic adventure that starts out strong ...more
When her younger sister's name is chosen, Katniss takes her place. With her hunting and tracking skills, and her fiery temper, she captures the imagination of the viewing public. But can she bear to kill her competitors, and her partner from her own region in order to win?
Gripping futuristic adventure that starts out strong ...more
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Read in December, 2008
I read this in one sitting, and then a few days later read it again just for fun. Perhaps I have some latent bloodlust lurking somewhere in my psyche. Comparisons to Takami's Battle Royale (and the cult film adaptation by Fukasaku) are inevitable. The dystopian conceit -- a corrupt government punishing its citizens by sentencing children to fight each other to death in a public spectacle -- is almost exactly the same in Hunger Games. However, I guess it is hard to find a story that doesn't remi...more
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In the nation of Panem, formerly known as North America, the Capitol rules the twelve outlying districts harshly. Because of a past uprising, the Capitol requires each district to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the annual Hunger Games - a fight to the death broadcasted on live TV.
When Katniss hears her twelve-year-old sister’s name called to serve for their district in the Games, she doesn’t hesitate to volunteer herself to go...more
When Katniss hears her twelve-year-old sister’s name called to serve for their district in the Games, she doesn’t hesitate to volunteer herself to go...more
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Read in May, 2008
This is the best children's/YA book I've read in a long time. It's impossible to put down once you start it.
It's set in the future in a time when North America is called Panem has been divided into 12 districts, and each district has a special function. Katniss is a 16-year-old girl from District 12, the poorest district, responsible for coal mining. Since her father died in a mining accident, it's fallen on her to provide for her family, which she does by crossing a fence into an o...more
It's set in the future in a time when North America is called Panem has been divided into 12 districts, and each district has a special function. Katniss is a 16-year-old girl from District 12, the poorest district, responsible for coal mining. Since her father died in a mining accident, it's fallen on her to provide for her family, which she does by crossing a fence into an o...more
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Read in October, 2008
When I turned the last page in this book I almost threw it across the room.
Until then I would have given The Hunger Games a four star rating: well-drawn, sympathetic characters, zippy plot, pathos; and what seemed to be a realistic story/page count proportion.
But then. "End of Book One." There was nothing on the book jacket to hip me to the series issue.
I have issues with series. That will have to wait for a non-review rant.
Until then I would have given The Hunger Games a four star rating: well-drawn, sympathetic characters, zippy plot, pathos; and what seemed to be a realistic story/page count proportion.
But then. "End of Book One." There was nothing on the book jacket to hip me to the series issue.
I have issues with series. That will have to wait for a non-review rant.
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Read in February, 2009
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Terrarecommends it for: Sci Fi fans, anyone
The Hunger Games is a fast, addictive, and totally violent (yes I love my violence) glimpse into the future of civilization as we know it. North America is gone, and what's left of it is divided into Districts that are controlled by a ruthless group of Peacekeepers living in it's Capitol. Still following me?
Katniss Everdeen is a hard-core teen who has spent years skirting authority by illegally hunting in the woods and taking care of her starving family. Through a series of events...more
Katniss Everdeen is a hard-core teen who has spent years skirting authority by illegally hunting in the woods and taking care of her starving family. Through a series of events...more
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Read in October, 2008
I do approve of science fiction for girls - too much fiction aimed at young women is vapid and self-fulfilling. And I habitually enjoy post-apocalyptic worlds. Also, nothing wrong with some ultra-violence. Plus, it's Suzanne Collins, my go-to gal in the children's section - I have yet to meet a kid (boy OR girl) who didn't thank me for introducing them to Gregor.
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If I think young adult fiction has a missio...more
So why am I now jumping up and down about The Hunger Games?
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Read in October, 2008
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Read in March, 2009
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quotes from this book
"Deep in the meadow, hidden far away
A cloak of leaves, a moonbeam ray
Forget your woes and let your troubles lay
And when it's morning again, they'll wash away
Here it's safe, here it's warm
Here the daisies guard you from every harm
Here your dreams are sweet and tomorrow brings them true
Here is the place where I love you."
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