The Hunger Games

  

The Hunger GamesSuzanne CollinsFiction

The book the Hunger Games takes place some time in the future. The book is in first person. The main character is Katniss Everdeen. The Americas have been split up into 12 different districts. These districts used to fight against each other, but have stopped. To punish the districts for killing each other they annually hold the Hunger Games. Each districts picks one boy and one girl to fight in the Games. The 24 kids ages ranging from 12 to18 are put into a climate and must survive there and kill off the others. The last one who survives wins. Now is the time for the picking of who will be fighting in the tournament. In some districts such as district 12, where Katniss lives, the people there hope that they do not get picked to fight in the games because they do not have much practice and they do not want to die. In other districts however they train to fight and want to be chosen. These districts are more like district with the higher numbers such as 1,2,3,4, and 5 because they live in a richer place where they have a better diet and have money and time to train. In districts like 11 and 12 they fight for their food and many starve to death.
I am in the middle of the book where the Hunger Games have already started. Before the Hunger Games all of the tributes (kids playing in the games) had to go through all of these different small challenges. But for Katniss and Peeta (the boy tribute from district 12) the things they are doing are very unusual and difficult. They have to be stripped of all of their body hair. EWWWWW!!!!!! :-/ They are then dressed to represent their district. This is where Katniss and Peeta were set on fire. Not their bodies but their capes and helmets. They were made of special material that went on fire. This was one of the first events that got most of the other tributes hate Katniss. "Katniss, the girl who was on fire"(Collins 79). Katniss also annoyed all of the other tributes especially the careers (from districts 1 and 2 and 4. They trained their whole life to fight and when they turned 18 they volunteered themselves to be a part in the hunger games. This was not allowed, but no one paid any notice.) They were annoyed when Katniss got the highest training score (meaning the game makers thought that she had the most skill and I believe that she does). 
In this book there is a lot of killing. I would not recommend this book to people who hate that. Though it was okay for me because it was not that descriptive. I think that some boys who like books with killing might like this series. Some people die because there skull caves in when a rock is thrown at it. Others die from blood-hounds. Some parts are very sad and emotional though. I loved reading this book and I hope that others who read my post will read it. It is an awesome and very engaging book.