{REPOST} The Hunger Games Summary and Review

Wednesday, June 26, 2013

The Hunger Games Summary and Review

The Hunger Games was written in 2008 by American author Suzanne Collins. 

It has received positive feedback from Stephen King and Stephenie Meyer, and won the California Young Reader Medal, and the title "best book of the year". 

 There are 3 books in the Series, "Hunger Games", "Catching Fire", and "Mockingjay".

 It has even been made into a Major Motion Picture, Starring Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss. A second movie is also in the making and should be coming out December 2013. 

 The book has a bit of a Gladiator games theme, as in Ancient Roman times, when peasants were thrown into colosseums and had to fight for survival, much to the entertainment of the Rich and Royal classes (Sound Familiar?). 

 Narrated by the 16-year-old heroine Katniss Everdeen, who lives in Panem (which used to be North America) which was divided into 13 districts, but only 12 of the 13 can take part in the annual event called "the Hunger games", which the book is named for,  wherein a youth ages 12-18 participates in a mandatory  fight to the death, so that they can survive and win better housing and food for their whole family.

The 13th district was said to be destroyed and uninhabitable for it's rebellion against the Capitol. However the district is actually underground, due to a compromise with the Capitol which states that they would not start a war if the Capitol leaves them alone and, technically, lets them govern themselves.

The book is now in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook forms.

It has sold over about 10 million copies worldwide.





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12/21/2013 - Update: You may have seen this on my other blog "The Bookworm Box".

Well, I do not frequently use that blog, so I am re-posting this here so my followers

will be able to find it more easily.