The Hunger Games

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, 374 pages.

This teen dystopian novel is almost old enough (7 years now) to be called a classic. Katniss Everdeen has gone on to two other books and three movies since this first came out in 2008. My sons and I started listening to this on a drive to Chicago this summer. We didn't finish on that trip and I ended up listening to the book on the way back and forth to work. If you don't know the story, twelve regions of what used to be the United States must send one boy and one girl to the Capitol each year as a tribute. These twenty-four youngsters must compete in the games which give the book and the series (and the series of movies) their title. It's not a nice competition.
The book is worth a read, provided the reader is not squeamish. There is death and despair aplenty in these pages, so younger readers beware. But given that these were all huge bestsellers and enormous hits on the screen, you knew all this already.
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