Book Review: The Hunger Games

The Hunger Games
By: Suzanne Collins
The Hunger Games movie came out! It was really good!

In the future, the USA no longer exists. In its place is a country, divided into 12 districts, called Panem. In it's poorest district, 12, Katniss Everdeen struggles to keep her sister, Primrose, and mother alive. She and her best friend Gale hunt in the woods, and for a while everything is fine. Until the Games. The Hunger Games were created after groups started rebelling against the leaders of Panem, and the Capitol. Every district sent one girl and one boy each year to a new arena to fight- to the death. The tributes fought until only one, the victor, survived.
At the day of the Reaping, the choosing of the names, Katniss knows the odds are against her. A name is pulled out of a glass bowl, and its not Katniss's. Its Primrose Everdeen. Afraid of losing her fragile sister, Katniss volunteers- the first district 12 volunteer ever.

May the odds be ever in your favor.

I really enjoyed this series, but i wouldn't recommend reading this book if you don't enjoy death or a lot of graphic description. It's an amazing book, with twists and turns. This book will keep you on the edge of your seat. Once I started reading it, I couldn't put it down!
There is a lot of violence, and some drunkenness- but only by Katniss's mentor, Haymitch Aberthany.
I suggest this book to preteens and older.

Reflection

Another year gone... Even though I missed my blog's birthday, I'm having an EXTREMELY late post about it. It's been a while since my last post. Here are some poems I wrote, thinking about the past year.

Fireworks
Colorful, expressive
The night sky explodes with your wonder
As the your light fades away,
My eyes are still filled by your beauty

Though I didn't see any on New Year's eve, I still love just thinking about them.

Spring Breeze
Grass turns green,
Cold becomes warm
A gentle breeze comes and goes
With spring on its shoulders

This year spring came a little early, but left a week later. It's starting to warm up again!

The Hunt
I duck into a bush
Nothing!
The enemy must have gotten there first!
One more chance
Could it be there?
A small knot in the tree?
I bound towards it,
Enemies at my heels,
And lunge to find...
A plastic easter egg!

I made this up as a cute take on what a kid might think of an Easter egg hunt. My dad was always afraid that my sister and I would get different amounts of eggs on "hunts," so he would give my sister part of the house to search, and I would get the other part.