“‘Prim!’ The strangled cry comes out of my throat. ‘Prim!’...I Volunteer as a Tribute!”

Suzanne Collins paints a painfully and realistically brilliant future of chaos and domination. What was once North America is now the cruel and horrible place of Panem, a “Capitol” that is surrounded by twelve other Districts. Panem is ruled with cruelty and evil, as it forces each district to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in The Hunger Games. The children who are picked are forced to fight to their deaths in front of millions of people on live TV. When her little sister is chosen, sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen impulsively volunteers to take her place. Soon she is lighted with fame, gets hurt and betrayed, is confused by love, and finds that nothing will ever be the same again.

Suzanne Collins shows us a glimpse of what we might become, and she will shove suspense and horror and humor down your throat, leaving you gasping for breaths and wanting more Hunger Games. With this book, every night you will stay awake, wanting to read “just one more chapter!” Although some rare parts may be dry The Hunger Games describes with horrific detail and realistic touches the future that is to come, and makes us wonder what we will become when we have nothing but sick entertainment and a dominant ruler in charge. This book will make you ponder for weeks on end: is this what our distant future will look like? Will we really become that monstrous? What will happen in our future?

Catching Fire and Mockingjay continue to chronicle Katniss Everdeen’s adventures in the Nation of Panem, and her discovery of what the Capitol is really hiding. Suzanne Collins has also written numerous other books for young people, including many adventures about Gregor the Overlander and his adventures after falling into the Underland.