THE HUNGER GAMES
By Suzanne Collins
Scholastic, 2008
Category: Young adult science fiction
This past December I was on the hunt for a special book. It needed to be riveting. It needed to be thought provoking. It needed to appeal to me and, most importantly, it needed to appeal to my twelve-year-old friend Alison. I planned to give Alison a book for Christmas and I wanted it to be something we would both adore and want to talk about long after we’d finished reading. When I read this review by Kate Messner, I wondered if THE HUNGER GAMES might fit the bill.
It did!
I read the entire book in two sittings, ignoring some very important tasks (sleep, for one) in order to find out what would happen to Katniss Everdeen. I read the last page in the wee hours and heaved a huge sigh, wishing already for the next installment of the story. And then, thanks to a post at the new Kidlitosphere Central, I discovered that the second book will look like this … and that Advanced Reader Copies will be available at BEA in May.
!
I will be at BEA this May!
I will be at BEA this May with Kate Messner!
What do you say, Kate … shall we plan on hunting down an ARC of CATCHING FIRE together? You (and your son and your parents) and I (and Alison) can share it!
**Edited to Add**
Huge, sad sigh. Kate–who has a much better head for details than I do–reminded me that we will not be at BEA at all. I was thinking of an entirely different conference. I will have to wait and read CATCHING FIRE with the rest of the world. Repeat: huge, sad sigh.