Young adult Science fiction 2008

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Published in Spanish as Los juegos del hambre

In a future North America, where the rulers of Panem maintain control through an annual televised survival competition pitting young people from each of the twelve districts against one another…

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What it is

A society that controls everything · fierce and defiant

What happens in it

Dystopia

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How it's told

Who tells it
First person
Its world
An invented world
Pulls you in with
The plot
Style
Easy to get into
Pace
Fast

Before you pick it up

Is it for you?

It's for you if…

  • you like books that read in one go
  • you like reading with your heart in your mouth
  • you want something big, with room to breathe

Maybe not if…

  • how it's written matters more to you than what happens
  • you like to keep your feet on the ground

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