The Hunger Games

Reviewed by: Austin

By Suzanne Collins

Greenwillow

374 Pages

The Hunger Games is a fiction book and the first book of a trilogy. The Hunger Games is about a 16 year old girl named Katniss Everdeen who lives in the destroyed country of Panem which is split into twelve districts. Every year The Capital in Panem has an event called The Hunger Games which takes a male and female from every district between the ages of 12 and 18, puts them in a arena and makes them fight to the death. Katniss volunteers for The Hunger Games to replace her little sister who had been selected for the games. The boy who is selected is Peeta Mellark a young boy who has been in love with Katniss since they were little. While preparing for The Hunger Games Katniss creates a friendly relationship with her mentor Haymitch, a previous winner of The Hunger Games. Katniss is prepared for the games but she receives a high score at training due to her skill with a bow that her dad had taught her how to use and ends up putting a target on her back. She must enter the game and hope to survive.

I recommend this book to anyone looking for a thrilling action book. The target audience is young adults but can be enjoyed by almost all ages.