I read the Hunger Games, and the series was excellent! OOPS I just gave it away; I read the whole series (plus one book) before writing any of the blogs on them.
The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins, 374 pages
Imagine having to kill your opponents (some of whom happen to become or be friends) in a forced game. That is the situation that Katniss Everdeen in Suzanne Collins's Hunger Games faces. This haunting story takes place in the future at a nation called Panem (in the ruins of North America). Panem has an evil capitol named Capitol, and 12 districts. In the Hunger Games, which are games that the Capitol holds, a boy and a girl from each district come to the capitol and fight to death in a large arena (only 1 out of 24 live). Katniss volunteers to take her sister's place since she had been randomly picked. Along with Katniss comes Peeta Mellark from her district, and unfortunately he had saved Katniss earlier when she and her family were starving. In the end, both Katniss and Peeta survive (after dramatic love between themselves during the games) causing a revolution to start breaking with the districts being against the capitol. Friendship (aka love) plays a major role in this book as does good versus evil. Certainly, Katniss faced many hardships throughout this book, and I would certainly not want to face them.
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