Sparknotes Literature Guide: The Hunger Games (Sparknotes Literature Guide) (Paperback)

from Neverwithoutabook

I loved this hugely popular book (and series)! Written for young adults, it is nevertheless complex enough to satisfy adults as well. The story and the world it is set in are well developed. The pace is very quick with enough action to keep you glued to the book every moment you can spare! The ch...

from suetu

More "Adult" than "Young" Several weeks ago I had dinner with a writer of adult mystery novels. During the course of the evening, she raved to me about a young adult novel she'd read called The Hunger Games. While I don't read a lot of YA fiction, I would say that I'm more open to it than many a ...

from sthmcnl1

In Panem, future North America, a 16-year old named Katniss, who lives in a struggling part of Panem, is the provider for her struggling family. Her world is quickly truned upside down when her little sister, Prim, is chosen in a special drawing. Katniss volunteers to take her place. Katniss must...

from KarriesKorner

Books in the backdrop of distopia don't appeal to me. Maybe because I'm transported to Freshman English class when I was tortured through 1984, who knows. So when I started to read The Hunger Games and realized from page one that I was back in Distopia, I was wondering how long I'd be able to sta...

from ctmsrybo

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins was one book I'm glad I chose to read. The novel is based in Panem, a country that has risen from the ruins that once was North America. Within the country lie twelve districts, each with their own purpose. Katniss Everdeen is a sixteen year old girl living in ...