MFB: The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games # 1)

     "Winning will make you famous. 
      Losing means certain death."

     The Hunger Games is one of my favorite books of all time. This is the first volume in the bestselling trilogy written by Suzanne Collins. The book is a science fiction novel about a sixteen year old girl, Katniss Everdeen, living in a dystopian, post-apocalyptic world. 

     I think that one of the main reasons I liked The Hunger Games so much is because it had a different plot, I loved the storyline and I really liked the character development. I thought that Katniss was a great protagonist and I felt like her reactions and emotions were genuine. Despite having to kill other teenagers in order to survive, she doesn't want to become a murderer and prefers going smart over going killer.


 Here is the official description of the book:

"In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. Long ago the districts waged war on the Capitol and were defeated. As part of the surrender terms, each district agreed to send one boy and one girl to appear in an annual televised event called, "The Hunger Games," a fight to the death on live TV. Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who lives alone with her mother and younger sister, regards it as a death sentence when she is forced to represent her district in the Games. The terrain, rules, and level of audience participation may change but one thing is constant: kill or be killed."

     The Hunger Games vol. 1 was published on September 14th 2008 and it is followed by The Hunger Games:Catching Fire (The Hunger Games #2) which was published on September 1st 2009 and The Hunger Games:Mockingjay (The Hunger Games #3), the final installment in the trilogy, which was published on August 24th 2010. 

     The Hunger Games is now also a series of adventure movies starring Jennifer Lawrence (Katniss Everdeen), Josh Hutcherson (Peeta Mellark) and Liam Hemsworth (Gale Hawthorne). The first movie, The Hunger Games, premiered on 23 March 2012, the second movie, The Hunger Games:Catching Fire, on 22 November 2013 and the third movie, The Hunger Games:Mockingjay Part I will be released this year on 21 November, with the final movie in the series, The Hunger Games:Mockingjay Part II planned for release in 2015.