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The Hunger Games.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Audiobook review)

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| April 01, 2009 | Osborne, Charli | (Hide copyright information)Copyright

* The Hunger Games (unabr.). 9 CDs. 11:11 hrs. Scholastic Audio. 2008. ISBN 978-0-545-09106-0. $84.951

Gr 7 Up--Suzanne Collins's first book (Scholastic, 2008) of a planned trilogy introduces an easy-to-imagine, cruel future society divided by wealth and obsessed with media and celebrity. The controlling Capitol broadcasts the Hunger Games, mandatory watching for all citizens of Panem. The annual event pits 24 Tributes--a girl and boy teen from each of the 12 Districts surrounding the Capitol--against one another in a desperate battle to the death. When 16-year-old Katniss Everdeen steps forward to take her younger sister's place as District Twelve's girl Tribute, she is …

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