The Hunger Games- The Book

So a few months ago I started hearing all this buzz about a book series that was going to become a movie, I found out that the series was the Hunger Games by Suzanna Collins, I am a total book nerd, constantly reading so I decided to check it out. I should start out by saying that this is the first book in a trilogy that centers around Katniss Everdeen and what happens when she starts a rebellion. The book takes place in the future in a place call Panem, which is what used to be the United States, within in Panem there are 12 districts and a Capitol, which controls everything else. Each year the Capitol holds something called the Hunger Games, which is where each district sacrifices two children between 12 and 18, a boy and a girl, and all 24 of these kids are placed in arena and forced to fight to the death. So from what I've told you so far you say who that book sounds horrible why read that, but really it is an amazing story that sucks you in. The beginning moves a little slow but once the action picks up you truly become committed to the book. Another key character in the Hunger Games is Peeta Melark, district twelve's other tribute and someone Katniss shares a history with. This whole book is about Katniss not only finding a way to save herself, bring victory to her district, but to keep her fellow district alive too. All in all this is a really good read, you don't want to put it down, yet at the same time it is a book filled with sadness and dispare, how Collins paints a picture of a world we all would hate to live in in truly amazing and scary all at once.