OK!! New book recommendation!!! A good series (what a shocker) that so many people have recommended for me, so I am passing it on.
Well, if you are one if those people who gets completely lost in a book imagines yourself in the book, you better have some good luck! 'Cuz you need, like, a LOT of luck to survive.
If you haven't already guessed, this book is The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. This series takes place in what used to be the USA and now is called Panam. (I think...) The country is divided into twelve different districts and the Capitol. Seventy- five years before the story begins, District 13 began a rebellion against the Capitol, resulting in the Capitol destroying them. The other districts fought. Since then, the Capitol created the Hunger Games; a time of year when two representatives from each district joins together and battles to the death- literally.
When the story begins, we meet Katniss, a young girl living with her mom and sister in District 12. Katniss joins her friend, Gale, in the woods outside of the district to hunt, even though it is illegal. It's almost time for the reaping to begin. This is when there is a lottery where a girl and a boy (from ages 12- 18) are chosen to be part of the Hunger Games. When the time comes, Prim, Katniss's younger sister is chosen, but Katniss jumps up and takes her sister's place, leaving Prim to survive. The boy from District 12 is Peeta, the baker's son. Together, with their one token from home (Katniss's being a golden mockingjay pin), Katniss and Peeta head to the Capitol. When they get there, they have to train non-stop to have any chance of surviving. But there is a secret plan: it is planned that Katniss and Peeta have to pretend to be in love. Katniss doesn't like this, but at least one of them has to die.
Then, the Games come. Katniss is separated from Peeta and has to try to survive the other twenty- two people who want her dead.
Along the way, Katniss will create allies, discover things she never knew, and fight to the death. Join her on this amazing adventure.
(WARNING: the dialogue in this book is a bit awkward [in my opinion] at first, but you get used to it.)
If you enjoyed the Hunger Games, catch the next book in the series, Catching Fire! The third book, Mockingjay comes out in August of 2010!!
Well, if you are one if those people who gets completely lost in a book imagines yourself in the book, you better have some good luck! 'Cuz you need, like, a LOT of luck to survive.
If you haven't already guessed, this book is The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. This series takes place in what used to be the USA and now is called Panam. (I think...) The country is divided into twelve different districts and the Capitol. Seventy- five years before the story begins, District 13 began a rebellion against the Capitol, resulting in the Capitol destroying them. The other districts fought. Since then, the Capitol created the Hunger Games; a time of year when two representatives from each district joins together and battles to the death- literally.
When the story begins, we meet Katniss, a young girl living with her mom and sister in District 12. Katniss joins her friend, Gale, in the woods outside of the district to hunt, even though it is illegal. It's almost time for the reaping to begin. This is when there is a lottery where a girl and a boy (from ages 12- 18) are chosen to be part of the Hunger Games. When the time comes, Prim, Katniss's younger sister is chosen, but Katniss jumps up and takes her sister's place, leaving Prim to survive. The boy from District 12 is Peeta, the baker's son. Together, with their one token from home (Katniss's being a golden mockingjay pin), Katniss and Peeta head to the Capitol. When they get there, they have to train non-stop to have any chance of surviving. But there is a secret plan: it is planned that Katniss and Peeta have to pretend to be in love. Katniss doesn't like this, but at least one of them has to die.
Then, the Games come. Katniss is separated from Peeta and has to try to survive the other twenty- two people who want her dead.
Along the way, Katniss will create allies, discover things she never knew, and fight to the death. Join her on this amazing adventure.
(WARNING: the dialogue in this book is a bit awkward [in my opinion] at first, but you get used to it.)
If you enjoyed the Hunger Games, catch the next book in the series, Catching Fire! The third book, Mockingjay comes out in August of 2010!!
