‘The Hunger Games’ is a fantastic book and I didn’t want to put it down. The suspense, sensations and thrills send shivers down your spine. What the children are put through, in order to be crowned the winner of the hunger games is horrendous. This book is an amazing book that I highly recommend reading. Hannah Year 9

Suzanne Collins has created a very good book. The United States is gone, North America has become Panem, a TV-dominated dictatorship run from a city called the Capitol. The rest of Panem is divided into 12 Districts. The thirteenth had tried to revolt and was destroyed. The yearly highlight in this unpredictable world is the Hunger Games, a violent reality TV show in which 24 teenagers chosen by lottery, two from each District, fight each other in an isolated environment called “the ‘arena.” The winner gets a life of ease; the losers get death. When Katniss Everdeen’s little sister is chosen for the hunger games, despite the very slim chances that she would be chosen, Katniss steps up and takes her place as the contestant alongside her district’s other contestant, Peeta Mellark. Aleks, Year 9

‘The Hunger Games’ is set in an unspecified future time when things have gone pretty spectacularly badly for humanity. The world, or the bit of it we can see, is dominated by a ruling caste that live in luxury in a city called the Capitol. The rest of us live like peasants in 12 districts that are strictly cordoned off from the Capitol and one another. Life in the districts sucks: it’s mostly hard labour–mining coal and farming and working in factories–in dismal conditions.  To make things even harder, once a year each district is required to give up two of its children, chosen by lottery, and enter them in the Hunger Games. The kids are dropped into an enormous arena strewn with traps and hazards, with a heap of weapons and supplies in the middle. The last child alive wins a lifetime of luxury and celebrity. The action is filmed and broadcast to the entire world. Michael, Year 9

Katiniss, “the girl on fire”, portrays a strong poised personality who fights for what she believes is right.  With her wise words people hold a certain admiration for her, which the Capitol does not appreciate. With Cinna as their stylist designing the flamed costume, Peeta and Katiniss instantly become the crowd’s favourite as they make their entrance at the parade. Before the games even begin each contestant is sent into the practice room where he or she can get a feeling of what weapons they will be using in the arena area. To not grab the other opponent’s attention as a target they both hang low practicing tying ropes and camouflaging. Every single move Katiniss or Peeta take is being televised for every district to assess and judge so with the help of their drunk mentor Haymitch (previous winner from District 12) Katiniss and Peeta learn to play their cards right. Throughout ‘The Hunger Games’ Katiniss and Peeta are left fighting for survival and every day, hour, minute someone in the arena is dead or a target. Amber, Year 9

The book I am reading at the moment is ‘The Hunger Games’. At first I didn’t exactly get what they were trying to say, but after reading over it I understood it. I’m really enjoying the book. It’s different and I love how they explain in great detail how the characters are feeling at certain times, for example how Prim and Katniss were feeling about the morning of the reaping. The book is set in the nation of Panem. The main character in the book is Katniss. Ever since her father died she has provided for her family, which consists of her mother and her sister Prim. She would do anything for them. She even went out of their district where she mustn’t go, but she is determined and stubborn and that’s what she has to do for her family to live. But when Katness at 16 years of age she steps forward for her sister in the reaping. She comes close to death, but this wouldn’t be the first time. She either has to kill or be killed.  I likes this story because it’s different, and I enjoy action movies and books. I would highly recommend this book to teenagers and young adults that enjoy action. Kalani, Year 9.