Hunger Games Book

The hunger games franchise has enjoyed tremendous success over the years.

Hunger games book. You enter a future world where every year two tributes from each district are thrown into an arena expected to fight to the death or get knocked out by other means. 4 stars the ballad of songbirds and snakes the hunger games 0 2 stars it is the morning of the reaping that will kick off the tenth annual hunger games. The hunger games follows 16 year old katniss everdeen a girl from district 12 who volunteers for the 74th hunger games in place of her younger sister primrose everdeen also selected from district 12 is peeta mellark they are mentored by their district s only living victor haymitch abernathy who won 24. The preteen aged 11 in our house had been asking to read hunger games book 1 for several years.

She reads voluminously but not always carefully and consequently often without full comprehension of content and. Not just suzanne collins critically acclaimed young adult novels but also the hollywood adaptations starring jennifer lawrence. In the capital eighteen year old coriolanus snow is preparing for his one shot at glory as a mentor in the games. Because it s set in the future and all the districts children that are taking part in the games it is normal for them because they are used it we as the reader are not.

That being said if you ve long finished the series you may be wondering what are some other dystopian books like the hunger games worth reading. By the time the film adaptation of the hunger games was released in march 2012 the book had been on usa today s best sellers list for 135 consecutive weeks and has sold over 17 5 million copies. The hunger games is the first book in the series and was released on september 14 2008. One of her friends who has an older sister to emulate read the book 2 or 3 years ago and our youngster seemed to feel left out.

The hunger games was turned into a movie which was released in 2008 and the other two movies subsequently. The hunger games is a trilogy with a prequel released in 2020 titled the ballad of songbirds and snakes. The book delves into the topics common to young adult fantasy for example adult power and the progress from adolescence to adulthood just as such more extensive themes as the spot of brutality and social structures inside a dystopian culture. Having said that it is written in a way that you didn t feel that way when you read it.

The hunger games is a valiant book because it s children that are killing and dying. The tale is also associated with other young adult books like the hunger games and the maze runner. The hunger games begins on the day of the reaping in district 12 katniss everdeen the story s 16 year old narrator sets out to meet her friend gale so they can do some hunting and gathering before the reaping that afternoon. The once mighty house of snow has fallen on hard times its fate hanging on the slender chance that coriolanus.

The hunger games entered the new york times best seller list in november 2008 where it would feature for over 100 consecutive weeks.