There are few series which capture the minds of male AND female readers along with adults AND children. Some of the few writers who have succeeded in creating such book series are J.K. Rowling with her mezmerizing Harry Potter tales and Phillip Pullman with his Dark Materials trilogy. Now a new writer has recently broken the ribbon with her rapidly rising trilogy The Hunger Games. Suzanne Collins is the writer of the Hunger Games, Catching Fire and now the last book of this short series, Mockingjay.
This past year all the Hunger Games books have risen on the list of “Must Reads.” Throughout the U.S. in particular people of all ages have been eagerly absorbing the tale of Katniss Everdeen.
All the books are set in the future. They take place in what used to be the United States but what is now a mixture of 13 districts and the infamous Capitol. Katniss lives in district 12. All districts have certain manufacturing or agricultural duties that help supply the rest of the districts. Katniss’s district is head of coal production. The Capitol is angry at all the districts for choosing to defy them in previous years, so in order to show the people of the districts how much power the capitol has over them they arrange the Hunger Games.
The Hunger Games take place every year. One girl and one boy are chosen by lottery from each district and they are all put into a giant arena. The 24 children, “tributes,” between ages 12-18 are meant to fight one another until there is only one survivor. While all the tributes are hiding in forests and plotting against one another the capitol and people of the districts watch them on television as a form of entertainment. The Hunger Games are meant to punish the districts because it is taking away the lives of their children.
Mockingjay continues the tale of Katniss. She has many struggles with her life being a former player of the Hunger Games, and now she is being forced to lead the districts in a rebellion against the capitol.
Will the districts succeed in overruling the capitol, or will the Hunger Games continue to take the lives of district children? Who will win over Katniss Everdeens heart, her best friend Gale or her co-victor Peeta?
Read to find out…the Hunger Games, Catching Fire and the last tale Mockingjay.
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