Book Review

The Hunger Games - by Suzanne Collins

is amazing.”Stephenie Meyer

“The story kept me up for several nights

in a row, because even after I was finished, I just

lay in bed wide awake thinking about it . . .

The Hunger Games

http://www.thehungergames.co.uk/

Could you survive on your own, in the wild, with everyone fighting against you?

Twenty-four are forced to enter. Only the winner survives. In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. Each year, the districts are forced by the Capitol to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the Hunger Games, a brutal and terrifying fight to the death - televised for all of Panem to see.

Survival is second nature for sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who struggles to feed her mother and younger sister by secretly hunting and gathering beyond the fences of District 12. When Katniss steps in to take the place of her sister in the Hunger Games, she knows it may be her death sentence. If she is to survive, she must weigh survival against humanity and life against love.

WINNING WILL MAKE YOU FAMOUS. LOSING MEANS CERTAIN DEATH.

Suzanne lives with her family in Connecticut, USA. In The Hunger Games, she explores the effects of war and violence on those coming of age.

I have had this title on my book shelf for a while waiting to be read. Eventually I picked it up from its quite resting place and found myself wonderfully immersed in a gripping adventure! This is such an original story which reminded me of George Orwells classic book "1984," where the people are surpressed  and closely watched by 'big brother.' The Hunger games are nail biting. A great under dog tale!

I give this book 5 out of 5 stars!