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The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins 384 pages (I reread this because I wanted to have it fresh in my find for when I read Mockingjay)

The Hunger Games is one of the best books I have ever read. It is an exciting adventure about a world divided into 12 districts. Some of them are poor, some are rich. Each year the Capital (the ruler of all the districts) hosts and annual fight called the Hunger Games. This is when one boy and one girl from each district are chosen at random to compete with the rest of the players in the games. The Games are held in a giant arena controlled by the capital. They can control the weather, the time, and everything else. All 24 players are thrown into the arena, and they all fight to death, until there is one left standing. This process takes days, weeks, and sometimes longer. The games are televised for all the districts to watch. You never know what the arena might be. Some years it's a frozen tundra, others it's a tropical rainforest. The surprise is part of the challenge. On Reaping day, every child in each district between the ages of 12 and 18 are entered into the drawing. Each year your entered one more than the last. When your 12 your entered once, 13 twice and so on. If you are a poor family, and you want extra food, you can have a tessera, which means you can have grain and oil for your family, but your name will be entered a second time. So you can see how the wealthier families have less to worry about, because their children only need to be entered once each year. 16 Year old Katniss Everdeen lives in district 12, one of the poorer districts. When her younger sister Prim, with just one entry at the age of 12, gets chosen at the reaping to fight in the games, without a second glance Katniss steps up and takes her place. Katniss knows she cannot win. Some of the richer districts have people who train to be in the games, where being chosen is a honor. These people will know how to kill, strangle, and all Katniss can do is with a bow n arrow. But when she sees Prim so small and hopeful, she knows she must try. The other tribute from district 12 is a boy named Peeta. Katniss doesn't know him well, other than that he have her family bread when they were having hard times. When she is in the arena, she can't seem to find the will to kill Peeta. Will her unexpected kindness get in the way of her ever coming home alive? Find out by reading the Hunger Games, I assure you, you won't be dissapointed.

-Theatergirl17 (please put raffle tickets toward Barnes and Noble Giftcard)