fairywhispers's "Books I Recommend for Tweens and Teens"

I had high hopes for this book after reading the blurb on the back. I was not disappointed. The Hunger Games paints a bleak picture of the future, in which citizens live behind barbed wire and are kept on the very edge of starvation. As punishment for a revolt that took place thirty years before, each city is forced to pay ‘tribute’ in the form of two of their citizens. Each year, on the day of the ‘reaping’, the citizens of each city are forced to gather and watch as the names of one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen are drawn from barrels. If your name is chosen, you must participate in the ‘Hunger Games’ – the ultimate reality TV show from which there can be just one survivor.

This is the most suspenseful young adult novel I have read in a long time. I was on the edge of my seat from beginning to end and was very disappointed when it finished. The characters are very believable, and the story well-written. I can’t wait to read the next book in the trilogy!