The Hunger Games

The Hunger Games, by award-winning author Suzanne Collins, is a poignant, gripping, violent and romantic tale about a 16-year old girl named Katniss Everdeen.

The shining country of Panem, a country that rose from the ashes of a country once known as North America, consists of a rich Capitol surrounded by twelve poorer districts. As punishment for an earlier rebellion, each district has to send two “tributes”, one male and one female, to participate in a live-on-TV fight to the death known as the Hunger Games. Winning means fame, fortune, and a lifetime supply of food for the tribute’s family. Losing means certain death. In district twelve, Katniss’s sister, Primrose, is originally chosen to be the female tribute, but Katniss volunteers in her place. The male tribute is Peeta Mellark. As they get ready for the upcoming games, Peeta pretends to be in love with Katniss. But when the real games begin, it becomes real. Can both of them survive the Hunger Games?

My favorite part was the whole book. I can’t decide whether it’s this part or that part that’s my favorite and it just ends up being the whole book because it’s so well written.

Suzanne Collins’s writing career began in 1991. Since her first book, Gregor the Overlander, 

she has written over two-dozen books for children. She lives in Connecticut with her family and a pair of feral kittens they found in their backyard.