I was a little skeptical about reading The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins but when my mom took me to see the movie- literally kicking and screaming on one of my few complete days off- I was instantly hooked. I went home and read the book in two days. And still managed to study for my test the following Tuesday.
Katniss Everdeen is a sixteen year old girl who lost her father shortly before her twelve birthday and has been illegally hunting to feed her mother and younger sister, Prim. Her sister, now twelve, was selected in the reaping to represent the twelfth district in the 74th annual Hunger Games. Katniss volunteers and takes her sisters place, a sure death sentence as only one person had ever survived from their district, Haymitch, now a man who spends all the time drunk. Peeta Mellark, the male tribute, has been in love with Katniss for more than ten years and states so boldly right before they entered the arena. It has many twists and turns that will keep you on your seat begging for it to end, but when it does, leaving you wanting more.
Five out of five: Strong characters, humor, tearjerker, love, mystery, all that I love in a novel.
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