Hunger+Games+(Dallin+Otteson)

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The Hunger Games By Suzanne Collins Published by Scholastic Press Year Published: 2008 Action 374 Pages Book Level of 5.3 and ages 10+

In __The Hunger Games__, Katniss, Lives in District twelve, which is a future District of The United States of America. Every year one boy and one girl participates in the hunger games, where everyone is stuck in an arena and has to be the last one standing. You have to provide your own food and fend off your opponents, who are trying to kill you. In the drawing for participants, Katniss's sister, Prim, got drawn. Katniss did not like this, so she volunteered to take her place. The boy from district twelve was Peeta, who had saved Katniss's life when she was starving at a young age. They went off to the competition and survived the first day. Katniss soon realized that the boy from District 2, Cato, had a thirst for blood from her. Katniss went through the beginning of the competition and decided to form an alliance with the twelve year old Rue, the girl from District 11. In a plan to take out the big alliances food supply, Rue gets killed. Katniss in her sadness buried her in flowers. As Katniss progressed through the games, an anouncement reveals that both participants from one district could win, so Katniss set off to find Peeta. Katniss saves him from blood poisoning and soon realizes she really likes him. They progress to the end until only them and Cato are left. They push him into a pack of wolves, And Cato almost kills them all, but got overwhelmed. Peeta and Katniss had thought they won, when another announcement counters the first one, causing a dramatic fight to the death. What will happen to the perfect couple?

__The Hunger Games__ is a great novel full of surprising and action packed scenarios. Katniss is on a non-stop survival situation and can never seem to escape the deadly clutches of the monster Cato. She manages to survive for the moment and makes some friends along the way. She makes a close alliance with Rue, who seems to be able to fly through the trees. This was a great book for me because it incorporated suspense and action to the fullest. It had great characters who you love to root for. Of course there were also the ones that you really disliked. All in all it was one of the greatest thriller books I have ever read.

I would recommend this book for anyone and everyone. It's great book that seems impossible to put down at times, and the heart stopping suspense is great. If I had to rate this from 1-10, I would give it an 11. This was my favorite book ever.