My book is The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. Its a book about 12 districts that have to offer up one man and women to compete in the yearly hunger games, a fight to the death with 24 competitors. They train them for the course's of the arena and what to do to survive. Katniss Everdeen is introduced in the beginning of the book as a hunter that goes in the woods and hunts animals to provide for her family with her friend Gale.Primrose Everdeen and Peeta Mellark's name is drawn for the 74th Hunger Games, And they are not prepared for the danger's ahead of them. Katniss is so scared for Prim her little sister that she runs out and volunteers as a tribute for the Hunger Games.

       The Narrator is Katniss, she is telling the story in a first person point of view. She tells about the hardships in district 12 and the pain of her sister's name being drawn. She doesn't understand how or what she is supposed to do to prepare herself because their mentor Haymitch is a drunk that doesn't care, but Peeta reach's out to Haymitch and talks to him about useful tips to survive and how to get sponsors while Katniss is in the dark on the subject, she doesn't know who to trust. The audience is probably younger teenagers because in the book its about 24 teenagers fight to the death, and it is Science Fiction or Utopian and dystopian fiction. The author keeps me interested by the training and her anger towards the capitol and the will to survive that she has. She doesn't want to die and in her mind she knows that she won't die.

       This book affected me by making me think about what it would be like to be in one of the competitors shoes. At such a young age having to fight 23 other competitors or die trying. It really gets you thinking and makes you thankful that you have the stuff that you do and a family and you have food on the table and have freedom. After reading this book I do look at the world differently. I see it as a gift and I am thankful for that gift. This book doesn't really remind me of anything because it is so unique and non-comparable to any of the books that i have read.

       I like this book it talks about hardships and surviving in an arena and questioning your every move on if you should do it or not. I didn't like some of it in the arena but overall its a good book.

Alexander McGriff
11/7/13
Rating: 4/5