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The Hunger Games YA Book Series - Will This Become the Next Harry Potter Or Twilight?

The Hunger Games, a sci-fi novel by bestselling author, Suzanne Collins, was published on September 14, 2008. It's got already become the hot book for teens, having received great reviews as well as better word of mouth buzz. Although categorized as "Young Adult", The Hunger Games, due to its violence, may be too intense for preteens. However, teens of all ages, and adults are eating it up. The author has two more books planned to build a trilogy.

The Hunger Games comes about in the postapocalyptic Earth in the (hopefully) very distant future. The actual games can be a mixture of the reality show "Survivor" and the Coliseum of The italian capital. From the book jacket:

"In the ruins of the place once called The united states lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol in the middle of twelve outlying districts. Annually, the districts are forced by the Capitol to send one boy and one girl between the day of twelve and eighteen to participate in the Hunger Games, a brutal and terrifying fight to the death, televised it really is Panem to see." The heroine of the book is 16 year-old Katniss Everdeen. She takes her sister's put in place the Hunger Games and then struggles with the fight to survive and life versus humanity and love.

The overwhelming sentiment by the majority of readers is because they can't put the book down. It really is fast paced and action packed. Discover more about the Hunger Games at the Scholastic site as well as on Amazon.

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