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by: Suzanne Collins List Price: $17.99 Amazon.com's Price: $12.23 You Save: $5.76 (32%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
EAN: 9780439023481 ISBN: 0439023483 Label: Scholastic Press Manufacturer: Scholastic Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 384 Publication Date: September 14, 2008 Publisher: Scholastic Press Reading Level: Young Adult Sales Rank: 330 Studio: Scholastic Press Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: Katniss is a 16-year-old girl living with her mother and younger sister in the poorest district of Panem, the remains of what used be the United States. Long ago the districts waged war on the Capitol and were defeated. As part of the surrender terms, each district agreed to send one boy and one girl to appear in an annual televised event called, 'The Hunger Games.' The terrain, rules, and level of audience participation may change but one thing is constant: kill or be killed. When Kat's sister is chosen by lottery, Kat steps up to go in her place. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Harrowing Story of Survival & HumanityThis is definitely a first for me, I bought and thoroughly enjoyed a book recommended by Stephen King! King wrote a positive review of the book for Entertainment Weekly. I was skeptical, as the premise sounded like The Lottery and Other Stories meets Lord of the Flies (50th Anniversary Edition) (with a little of King's own "Running Man" thrown in for good measure), but when I found it half price at a store closing I took a chance. What this book has, that I found lacking in the first two I mentioned, ... Read More Rating: - Left me "hungry" for more!Suzanne Collins has single-handed perfected a story that not only leaves you wanting more, but also leaves you really thinking about the content of the story and the characters as well. Set in a not-so-specified future, The United States is gone and North America has become Panem. Panem is a dictatorship that puts most negative Utopias' to shame. It's dominated by TV, technology, and aestheticism; all of which is ran from a city called The Capitol. Panem is then divided into Districts, at one ... Read More Rating: - One of my favorite books ever!!!I loved it loved it loved it! I cannot wait until the next book! There is a little bit of everything in this book, love, action, drama--it's all in there! I think this is a book for everybody, my husband and I both loved it, and we are 27 and 29, respectively! Rating:  - Gripping But....While this book was definitely gripping & a total page turner, I was disappointed when I finished. The main character didn't grow as a result of her experiences, the horrible circumstances that put these kids in those "games" didn't change, and the ending was was a let down. When I finished, I was frustrated. The beginning was better....showing Katniss' strength and love for her family, and her way of life in district 12. But I was disappointed in her behavior once she got to the Capitol. ***Spoiler ... Read More Rating: - Great edge-of-your-seat action!!!!This is easily the best book that I read in ALL of 2008. Not only did I read it, but I couldn't put the book down. In a futuristic North America, each year 24 "tributes", kids aged 12-18, are taken and put into the annual Hunger Games, which are broadcast nationwide. The kids battle it out in a climate-controlled arena...the last one alive is the winner. Katniss, a sixteen-year-old girl, is one of those tributes, after taking her younger sister's place in the Hunger Games. But is Katniss strong ... Read More |
