Book Type: Young AdultRating: A
Recommended For: Older Grades 5/6 +
Genre: Action, Adventure
Themes: Survival, Murder, Death, Friendship
Main Character: Female with Male Supporting Role
Annotation: A young woman's land must send one person a year to participate in the Hunger Games. The whole books focuses on the Games: drawing the names for the game, preparing for the games, competing in the games and life shortly after the games. A battle to the death, the games are exciting and not too gory but I wouldn't let my 3rd grader read this book. A lot of people are murdered. I personally love the survival element in this book as each contestant tries to out last all the rest. It is well written and captivating but I have to admit that the very ending was a disappointment. The book is a series and it does leave several questions unanswered...I can't stand that.
I'm glad you got to read this one! It kept me on the edge of my seat the whole time. Catching Fire came out today and I have it! I'll be letting you know how it goes. Still more questions, I bet.
ReplyDeleteI LOVED this book. The end was definitely disappointing...especially if you didn't know it was a series. I expected it, so it didn't bother me too much. I can't wait to get my hands on the next one. I just wish I wouldn't hear about really good books until the series is all done being written! :-)
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to get the new one, especially knowing it's out!! This was such a great book, but yeah, the ending definitely left something to be desired.
ReplyDeleteSo, ahve you read the rest yet? Loved this series and so did all 3 of my boys
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